Title: 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)