cuckoo
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In the tradition of Emily St. John Mandel’s “Station Eleven” and Anthony Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” Thien’s new work almost seamlessly integrates literary, historical and science fiction.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
Watch the official trailer for "Cuckoo" here, and see it when it hits theaters in the U.S. on August 9, distributed by Neon.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024
She also recently starred in Hunger Games prequel The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, and will lead the forthcoming psychological thriller Cuckoo.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024
Anthony Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land” is a mesmerizing book with multiple storylines that takes us back to 1453, the siege of Constantinople.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022
And as she passed him she did not speak to him, but she whispered only to Cuckoo, faintly, “Where is my apartment?”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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