A blind shell expert in Kenya gains fame after curing a girl of Malaria with deadly venom.
Owned
No reviews yet
Owned
A blind shell expert in Kenya gains fame after curing a girl of Malaria with deadly venom.
About
Details
“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.
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
AI
Love found, lost, and mended across stories; no explicit sexual content
Violence & gore
AI
Liberian civil-war trauma and violence; hunting and deadly shell venom
Profanity
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
AI
No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
AI
Brief spiritual themes; lack of spiritual fulfilment explored
Magic & witchcraft
AI
No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
AI
No occult content present
Political content
AI
Liberian war, political refugee life, and displacement themes
Self-harm / suicide
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
AI
War trauma and suffering; refugee hardship and wartime cruelty
Other
AI
No information found