Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for Fiction*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. *Soon to be a Netflix limited series from the producers of Stranger Things*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).
In the heart of war-torn Europe, "All the Light We Cannot See" unfolds a gripping story of human resilience, love, and hope amidst the chaos. The novel, crafted by the masterful storyteller, "Anthony Doerr", paints a vivid tableau of intertwined narratives centered around a blind French girl, "Marie-Laure," and "Werner," a German boy with a troubled past.
Marie-Laure's life is forever changed when her father, the curator of the Museum of Natural History in Paris, entrusts her with a priceless and enigmatic artifact, "The Sea of Flames," a book containing the life stories of countless Parisians. Unbeknownst to her, this book holds the key to unimaginable power, soon pursued by the Nazis, who believe its contents may help them win the war.
On the other side of the conflict, Werner, conscripted into the Nazi army, grapples with the horrors he has witnessed and the knowledge of his father's anti-war activities. As he is tasked with locating "The Sea of Flames," his path crosses that of "Marie-Laure," and the two embark on a perilous journey across Nazi-occupied France.
Doerr transports us to war-torn cities, where the resilience of the human spirit shines amidst the desolation. His evocative prose illuminates the depths of human relationships and the complexities of morality, weaving a tapestry of hope and despair.
Dive into the pages of "All the Light We Cannot See" and immerse yourself in a world at war, where ordinary lives intertwine with grand historical forces. This breathtaking novel will linger in your mind long after you finish the final page.
