All the Light We Cannot See
From the highly acclaimed Anthony Doerr, an imaginative and intricate novel inspired by the horrors of World War II and written in short, elegant chapters that
From the highly acclaimed Anthony Doerr, an imaginative and intricate novel inspired by the horrors of World War II and written in short, elegant chapters that explore human nature and the contradictory power of technology.
A blind child, Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure`s reclusive great-uncle lives. In a mining town in Germany Werner grows up enchanted by a crude radio he`s found. His talent with these crucial instruments will eventually bring Werner to Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure`s converge.
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