{"product_id":"9780007367740_memory-wall","title":"Memory Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet on four continents, Anthony Doerr's collection of stories is about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on four continents, Anthony Doerr's collection of stories is about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the luminous and beautiful title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece of the past with the power to redeem a life. In 'The River Nemunas', a teenaged orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. 'Village 113' is about the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the seedkeeper who guards the history of a village soon to be submerged. And in 'Afterworld,' the radiant, cathartic final story, a woman who escaped the Holocaust is haunted by visions of her childhood friends in Germany, yet finds solace in the tender ministrations of her grandson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in Memory Wall show us how we figure the world, and show Anthony Doerr to be one of the masters of the form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthony Doerr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284953579669,"sku":"9780007367740","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007367740.png?v=1776992202","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007367740_memory-wall","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}