Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Cloud cuckoo land, Anthony Doerr

Cloud cuckoo land, Anthony Doerr

Creator
Author
Narrator
Contributor
Summary
Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in a house of women who make their living embroidering the robes of priests. Restless, insatiably curious, Anna learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds a book, the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky. This she reads to her ailing sister as the walls of the only place she has known are bombarded in the great siege of Constantinople. Outside the walls is Omeir, a village boy, miles from home, conscripted with his beloved oxen into the invading army. His path and Anna's will cross
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
12 audio discs (15 hr.)
Note
  • Title from web page
  • Compact discs
Isbn
9781797128528
Instance
Label
Cloud cuckoo land
Title
Cloud cuckoo land
Statement of responsibility
Anthony Doerr
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in a house of women who make their living embroidering the robes of priests. Restless, insatiably curious, Anna learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds a book, the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky. This she reads to her ailing sister as the walls of the only place she has known are bombarded in the great siege of Constantinople. Outside the walls is Omeir, a village boy, miles from home, conscripted with his beloved oxen into the invading army. His path and Anna's will cross
Cataloging source
CNEDM
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1973-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Doerr, Anthony
Dewey number
813/.6
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Marin Ireland and Simon Jones
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1950-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Ireland, Marin
  • Jones, Simon
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Children
  • Orphans
  • Books and reading
  • Space and time
  • Interstellar travel
  • Libraries
  • Istanbul (Turkey)
  • Idaho
  • FICTION / Literary
  • FICTION / Historical / General
  • FICTION / General
  • Space and time
  • Libraries
  • Interstellar travel
  • Children
  • Books and reading
  • Orphans
  • Turkey
  • Idaho
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Cloud cuckoo land, Anthony Doerr
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from web page
  • Compact discs
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1262791299
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
12 audio discs (15 hr.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781797128528
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9781797128528
Other physical details
CD audio, digital
Publisher number
13934310
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)1262791299
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Cloud cuckoo land, Anthony Doerr
Publication
Note
  • Title from web page
  • Compact discs
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1262791299
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
12 audio discs (15 hr.)
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781797128528
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Other control number
9781797128528
Other physical details
CD audio, digital
Publisher number
13934310
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)1262791299
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

Subject

Genre

Included in

Library Locations

    • Central LibraryBorrow it
      710 W. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78701, US
      30.2713021 -97.7460168
    • North Village BranchBorrow it
      2505 Steck Ave, Austin, TX, 78757, US
      30.362144 -97.7305032
    • Spicewood Springs BranchBorrow it
      8637 Spicewood Springs Rd., Austin, TX, 78759, US
      30.4337083 -97.7730809

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Austin Public Library. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.