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All the Light We Cannot See

byAnthony Doerr

Who is this book for? Readers who appreciate beautifully written historical fiction with deep character development and themes of resilience and humanity.

Topics BlindnessWorld war iiSurvivalFriendshipFathers and daughtersPeople with disabilitiesGerman occupation of franceHistorical fictionChildren in wartimeRadio communicationWarLove
MoodHopeful, Melancholic
Female protagonist
RomanceMinor Subplot
ViolenceMild
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2015 A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever. For Marie-Laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazes. The miniature of a Paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home. The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History. The walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the Nazis invade Paris. And a future which draws her ever closer to Werner, a German orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the Hitler Youth. In this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories of Marie-Laure and Werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.

Language

en

Published on

23/04/2015

Pages

544

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780008138301

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