All the Light We Cannot See: Book Guide, Author and Facts
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From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful 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. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall. In another world in Germany, an orphan boy, Werner, grows up with his
Quick facts about All the Light We Cannot See
- Title: All the Light We Cannot See
- Author: Anthony Doerr
- First published: 2014
- Genre: blind, fiction / general, fiction
- OpenLibrary ID: OL16821606W
Where to read All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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What is All the Light We Cannot See about?
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful 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.
Who wrote All the Light We Cannot See?
All the Light We Cannot See was written by Anthony Doerr.
When was All the Light We Cannot See published?
All the Light We Cannot See was first published in 2014.
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