Literary FictionChildren's
All the Light We Cannot See
2014·544 pages
A blind French girl and a German boy navigate survival and connection amidst the devastation of World War II in occupied France.
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A blind French girl and a German boy navigate survival and connection amidst the devastation of World War II in occupied France.
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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...
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References to an unwed liaison and soldiers' treatment of victims
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War violence, murder, death, and violence against children during WWII
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Central themes of Nazism, antisemitism, and wartime occupation
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Child endangerment, bullying, trauma, and references to rape in wartime context
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