The Shell Collector
Ratings9
Average rating3.9
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Ratings9
Average rating3.9
“The Shell Collector” (2002), a short story by American author Anthony Doerr, tells the story of a blind shell expert living in exile with his dog in Kenya who becomes something of a celebrity after he uses deadly cone venom to cure a local eight-year-old girl of Malaria.
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Anthony Doerr has the BEST writing style I've ever seen and it can make even the most boring story interesting and entertaining
would of been a 5 stars but multiple of the stories just weren't that great to me :/
Beautifully written short fiction stories that read as folklore. Full of appreciation for nature and how human nature interacts with it, uses it, and finds meaning in it. One of them in particular has stuck with me for the month since I finished it, which is always a good sign! Weirdly too many stories with big relationship age gaps, though.
