Anthony #Doerr's #CloudCuckooLand is hands down the best book I've read this year. It's a timely and tragically beautiful reminder of the fragility of life. The love and care with which #Doerr handles his material is breathtaking and evident at every level. CCL powerfully demonstrates what good literature can achieve and why we need it now more than ever.

"Each sign signifies a sound, and to link sounds is to form words, and to link words is to construct worlds" (45/6)