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cuckoo

[koo-koo, kook-oo] / ˈku ku, ˈkʊk u /


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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

So the hens known as “meat birds” or “broilers” are less popular than the Golden Cuckoo Marans that lay cacao-colored eggs or pink-egging Salmon Faverolle.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

He went first to the Street of Bridges, as Cuckoo had told him, and there before a gate which bore the name of Liu he stopped.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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