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For wendy weil 19402012 in august 1944 the historic walled city of saintmalo, the brightest jewel of the emerald coast of brittany, france, was almost totally destroyed by fire. Although set in world war ii, the books scope and breadth are far greater. I thought doerrs writing was some of the richest and beautiful prose ive come across. You can earn a 5% commission by selling all the light we cannot see on your website. All the light we cannot see is about marielaure, a blind french girl and werner pfenning, a young german boy whose paths are destined to collide in the chaos of world war ii france. Marielaure lives in paris with her father, a locksmith for the museum of natural history. After all, its just another world war ii book, could it possibly bring anything new to the table. But when the germans occupy paris, father and daughter flee to saintmalo on the brittany coast, where marielaures agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall. All the light we cannot see by anthony doerr wins pulitzer for distinguished fiction. The description of the subreddit calls it an environment to foster and encourage indepth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres.
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Anthony doerr is the author of five books, the shell collector, about grace, memory wall, four seasons in rome and all the light we cannot see. All the light we cannot see covers five primary periods in the lives of marielaure leblanc and werner pfennig 1. Its a world war ii story yes, another one set mostly in the small french coastal town of saintmalo. May 06, 2014 listen to all the light we cannot see. His novel, all the light we cannot see, won the adult fiction award for the indies choice book awards in 2015, the international book of the year at the abia awards and the pulitzer prizes for fiction in 2015. Marielaure is a little blind french girl, motherless, with the. After all, its just another world war ii book, could it possibly bring anything new to. There is a reason all the light we cannot see won the pulitzer prize last year.
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