This one was a bit of a letdown for me. The beginning and ending were fine, but everything in between dragged. I also found the time jumps distracting—I'd have preferred a more straightforward, chronological story.
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- 531 pages
- 19 hours of reading
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award finalist, this stunning novel follows the intertwined lives of a blind French girl and a German boy during World War II. Marie-Laure, who lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, flees with her father to Saint-Malo after the Nazis occupy their city. They carry with them a potentially dangerous jewel from the museum. Meanwhile, in a German mining town, orphan Werner Pfennig grows up with his sister, captivated by a radio that brings distant stories and news. As Werner becomes skilled at building radios, he is recruited to help track down the resistance. The narrative deftly weaves together Marie-Laure's and Werner's experiences, highlighting the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity for kindness amidst chaos. Anthony Doerr's exquisite prose, filled with vivid details and metaphors, creates a deeply moving reading experience. This remarkable work, a decade in the making, showcases a writer whose sentences resonate with beauty and emotional depth.
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All the Light We Cannot See: Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen - Englische Ausgabe, Anthony Doerr
- Language
- Released
- 2014
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anthony Doerr
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster US
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 531
- ISBN10
- 1476765650
- ISBN13
- 9781476765655
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Natural sciences, Family, France, Military Fiction, Germany, Wars, American Literature, World War II, 20th century, Death, Escape, Nazism, Paris, Adapted into Series, Radio, Blindness, Pulitzer Prize, Blind People, Retrospective Narration
- First published
- 2014
- Original title
- All the Light We Cannot See
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award finalist, this stunning novel follows the intertwined lives of a blind French girl and a German boy during World War II. Marie-Laure, who lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, flees with her father to Saint-Malo after the Nazis occupy their city. They carry with them a potentially dangerous jewel from the museum. Meanwhile, in a German mining town, orphan Werner Pfennig grows up with his sister, captivated by a radio that brings distant stories and news. As Werner becomes skilled at building radios, he is recruited to help track down the resistance. The narrative deftly weaves together Marie-Laure's and Werner's experiences, highlighting the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity for kindness amidst chaos. Anthony Doerr's exquisite prose, filled with vivid details and metaphors, creates a deeply moving reading experience. This remarkable work, a decade in the making, showcases a writer whose sentences resonate with beauty and emotional depth.