About Grace

Anthony Doerr

'I loved this wonderful book -- its strangeness, its obsessiveness, its beautiful sentences.' Monica Ali 'Doerr's sublime renditions of Winkler's attunement to the world around him turn his story into a prolonged epiphany, a blissful parable about grace. This is a formidable literary achievement that, link Winkler's snow crystals, integrates facets and dimensions into near-perfect whole.' Independent 'Doerr's gifts as a stylist are powerfully in evidence: his writing is crystalline, his attention to detail intense and evocative. That Doerr is a writer of exceptional gifts is not in question, and there is much to admire in this novel.' Daily Telegraph 'Doerr writes wonderfully, lyrically, of the natural world, and his observations of water, snowflakes and clouds illuminate this impressive debut.' Guardian 'Exceptional first novel. I hesitate to say this book will take your breath away because it's such a cliche; but, really, I promise you, it will! I can't remember when a novel so entranced me. The only criticism I can really muster -- and it is rather a limp one -- is that About Grace is almost inhumanely faultless; almost, but, even then, not quite.' Evening Standard 'In careful, measured prose conjures a sense of awe both humbling and salutary. It has the bleak, lucid beauty of a day of midwinter light. At its best when describing the minute, disregarded miracles of the natural world, it lingers in the mind like one of the protagonist's eerie dreams.' Daily Mail Praise for The Shell Collector: 'An extraordinary debut collection, filled with the vastness of the natural world pressing against human insignificance.' Guardian 'A show-stopping debut, as close to faultless as any writer could wish for' Los Angeles Times 'A fine collection! Doerr's prose dazzles from the very beginning.' New York Times 'Perilously beautiful, precise and elegant! Doerr can describe a woman running through a Tanzanian forest with the careful specificity of a scientist and the awe of a

''I loved this wonderful book - its strangeness, its obsessiveness, its beautiful sentences.' Monica Ali

'Doerr's sublime renditions of Winkler's attunement to the world around him turn his story into a prolonged epiphany, a blissful parable about grace. This is a formidable literary achievement that, link Winkler's snow crystals, integrates facets and dimensions into near-perfect whole.' Independent

'Doerr's gifts as a stylist are powerfully in evidence: his writing is crystalline, his attention to detail intense and evocative. That Doerr is a writer of exceptional gifts is not in question,
and there is much to admire in this novel.' Daily Telegraph

'Doerr writes wonderfully, lyrically, of the natural world, and his observations of water, snowflakes and clouds illuminate this impressive debut.' Guardian

'Exceptional first novel. I hesitate to say this book will take your breath away because it's such a cliché; but, really, I promise you, it will... I can't remember when a novel so entranced me. The only criticism I can really muster - and it is rather a limp one - is that About Grace is almost inhumanely faultless; almost, but, even then, not quite.' Evening Standard

'In careful, measured prose conjures a sense of awe both humbling and salutary. It has the bleak, lucid beauty of a day of midwinter light. At its best when describing the minute, disregarded miracles of the natural world, it lingers in the mind like one of the protagonist's eerie dreams.' Daily Mail

'About Grace is an intriguing exploration of fate and chance' The Times