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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Masterpiece. A favorite on my shelf. ( ) A re-read of a great literary novel. It's like a great symphony; each time you listen to it, you see and learn something new. Lastly, if you've seen the TV drama of the same name, ignore it. What the film makers should have done is handled the subject like the "Band Of Brothers" adaptation of Stephen Ambrose's historical account. All The Light We Cannot See" could have been adapted in maybe six, one-hour episodes. As it is, it looked great but had little of the charm and magic of the novel. So five stars for the book, and a hearty "don't bother" for the adaptation. What a lovely and terrible book. I feel like I have the bends from coming up too fast… my mind is still in the dark attic, listening to Clare de Lune and the last few chapters of 20,000 leagues under the sea. The plot was easy to follow and solidly constructed, despite the frequent changes in time period. The characters seemed fleshed out to me. I saw a critic in the guardian called Frederick a cardboard cut-out, but I got the feeling it was just because the critic couldn’t believe in a good person. I felt the influence of the Victorians, if someone has done something bad, the plot will exact penance, I wished it could have ended differently. I’m a huge Moonstone fan, so couldn’t help but think about that. If you throw away a cursed diamond, does that relieve you of the curse?
What really makes a book of the summer is when we surprise ourselves. It’s not just about being fascinated by a book. It’s about being fascinated by the fact that we’re fascinated. The odds: 2-1 All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr Pros: Blind daughter of a locksmith meets reluctant Nazi engineering whiz! What more do you want? Cons: Complex, lyrical historical fiction may not have the necessary mass appeal. “All the Light We Cannot See” is more than a thriller and less than great literature. As such, it is what the English would call “a good read.” Maybe Doerr could write great literature if he really tried. I would be happy if he did. I’m not sure I will read a better novel this year than Anthony Doerr’s “All the Light We Cannot See.” By the time the narrative finds Marie-Laure and Werner in the same German-occupied village in Brittany, a reader’s skepticism has been absolutely flattened by this novel’s ability to show that the improbable doesn’t just occur, it is the grace that allows us to survive the probable. Werner’s experience at the school is only one of the many trials through which Mr. Doerr puts his characters in this surprisingly fresh and enveloping book. What’s unexpected about its impact is that the novel does not regard Europeans’ wartime experience in a new way. Instead, Mr. Doerr’s nuanced approach concentrates on the choices his characters make and on the souls that have been lost, both living and dead. Is contained inIs abridged inHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a student's study guideAll The Light We Cannot See: A Novel By Anthony Doerr | Unofficial Summary & Analysis by Razerfin Books Anthony Doerr's All The Light We Cannot See: Study Notes for Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences 2019-2023 HSC by Bruce Pattinson AwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
"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. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall. In another world in Germany, an orphan boy, Werner, grows up with his younger sister, Jutta, both enchanted by a crude radio Werner finds. He becomes a master at building and fixing radios, a talent that wins him a place at an elite and brutal military academy and, ultimately, makes him a highly specialized tracker of the Resistance. Werner travels through the heart of Hitler Youth to the far-flung outskirts of Russia, and finally into Saint-Malo, where his path converges with Marie-Laure. Doerr's gorgeous combination of soaring imagination with observation is electric. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is his most ambitious and dazzling work"-- No library descriptions found.
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