The Shell Collector

“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.

by Anthony Doerr

Penguin (Non-Classics) · First published 2001 · 224 pages