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*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize* A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book* A National Book Award finalist * From Anthony Doerr, the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning author of Cloud Cuckoo Land, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller 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 in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. 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 tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Ten years in the writing, a National Book Award finalist, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel by Anthony Doerr is a breathtaking and poignant tale of love, loss, and resilience during World War II. Set in France and Germany, the story follows two young people from different backgrounds whose lives intersect in unexpected ways.

Marie-Laure LeBlanc is a blind French girl who lives in Paris with her father, Daniel. Despite her disability, Marie-Laure is fiercely independent and resourceful. She loves books and uses her keen sense of hearing and smell to navigate the world around her.

Werner Pfennig is a German boy who is conscripted into the Nazi army. He is a talented radio operator and is tasked with tracking down and destroying Allied radio transmitters. Werner is a kind and compassionate young man, but he is also torn between his loyalty to his country and his growing doubts about the war.

The paths of Marie-Laure and Werner cross when she and her father are forced to flee Paris after the German occupation. They travel to the walled city of Saint-Malo, where they hope to find refuge. Werner is stationed in Saint-Malo and is tasked with finding and destroying the radio transmitter that Marie-Laure's father is using to send messages to the Allies.

As the war rages on, Marie-Laure and Werner find themselves drawn to each other. They share a love of books and music, and they find solace in each other's company. However, their relationship is forbidden, and they must keep it a secret.

All the Light We Cannot See is a beautifully written and emotionally powerful novel that explores the themes of love, loss, resilience, and the power of human connection. Doerr's prose is lyrical and evocative, and he brings the characters and their world to life with vivid detail. The novel is a must-read for fans of historical fiction and anyone who loves a well-told story.