All the light we cannot see is about marielaure, a blind french girl and werner pfenning, a young german boy whose paths are destined to collide in the chaos of world war ii france. I just finished it am in a profound daze and having trouble reorienting myself to my date, time, place, and life. It is wonderfully written with some stunningly beautiful passages. Doerrs gorgeous combination of soaring imagination with observation is electric. It won the 2015 pulitzer prize for fiction and the 2015 andrew carnegie medal for excellence in fiction set in occupied france during world war ii, the novel centers on a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths eventually cross. Doerrs prose needs no embellishment as this section gently. Anthony doerr also won the 2015 andrew carnegie medal for excellence in fiction for this same title. All the light we cannot see is a dazzling, epic work of fiction. When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model.
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Doerr presents us with two intricate stories, both of which take place during world war ii. As such, it is what the english would call a good read. I didnt want this book to end, but i couldnt put it down. Ten years in the writing, anthony doerrs all the light we cannot see is an epic work of historical fiction. Henry prizes, the rome prize, the new york public librarys young lions award, the. Earth is all magma and continental crust and ocean. Audio book all the light we cannot see by anthony doerr.
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