All The Light We Cannot See Book Summary

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All the light we cannot see book summary.

Werner pfennig a young german boy with an aptitude for radio engineering and marie laure leblanc a young blind french girl who excels at reading and studying science. All the light we cannot see anthony doerr all the light we cannot see is a novel written by american author anthony doerr published by scribner on may 6 2014. All the light we cannot see covers five primary periods in the lives of marie laure leblanc and werner pfennig. 9781501173219 summary winner 2014 pulitzer prize 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.

With richly detailed language and characters who are both brave and heartbreaking doerr weaves together the stories of a french girl named marie laure who has lost her eyesight and a german orphan named werner. It won the 2015 pulitzer prize for fiction and the 2015 andrew carnegie medal for excellence in fiction. All the light we cannot see is told in almost 200 short chapters and constantly cuts back and forth between two main characters. All the light we cannot see anthony doerr 2014 scribner 544 pp.

Set in occupied france during world war ii the novel centers on a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths eventually cross. The story is told un chronologically but the timeline is simplified for the purposes of this. Childhood before the war. It won the 2015 pulitzer prize for fiction and the 2015 andrew carnegie medal for excellence in fiction.

All the light we cannot see is a war novel written by american author anthony doerr published by scribner on may 6 2014.