All The Light We Cannot See Book Summary

Childhood before the war.

All the light we cannot see book summary.

Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers. 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. It won the 2015 pulitzer prize for fiction and the 2015 andrew carnegie medal for excellence in fiction. All the light we cannot see anthony doerr 2014 scribner 544 pp.

All the light we cannot see traces the stories of three characters whose lives intersect during the bombing of the german occupied french town of saint malo in august 1944 marie laure leblanc grows up in paris where her father daniel leblanc works as a locksmith at the museum of natural history. Set in occupied france during world war ii the novel centers on a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths eventually cross. Ten years in the writing anthony doerr s all the light we cannot see is an epic work of historical fiction. 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.

Marie laure lives in paris with her father a locksmith for the museum of natural history. The story is told un chronologically but the timeline is simplified for the purposes of this. 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 covers five primary periods in the lives of marie laure leblanc and werner pfennig.

All the light we cannot see is told in almost 200 short chapters and constantly cuts back and forth between two main characters.