The shell collector

Description:

“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.

subjects: Grief,  Interpersonal relations,  Metamorphosis,  American Short stories,  Survival,  Fiction,  Short stories, American,  Nature,  Nature stories,  New York Times reviewed,  Cuentos sobre la naturaleza,  Ficcion,  Fiction, short stories (single author)