All the Light We Cannot See

All The Light We Cannot See: by Anthony Doerr | Summary & Analysis A Smarter You In 15 Minutes... What is your time worth? This is not just another novel about World War 2. This is a story that contrast the magical innocence of children with the cruelty and violence of adults; it is a story richly fixed in placed with entrancing metaphors that challenge all the senses; it is a story that explores the choice between a desire to be morally good, whilst clinging to survival. The novel is told through the alternating narratives of two children: Marie Laure, a 14-year-old blind girl forced to flee Paris when the Nazis invaded and Werner, a gadget-loving radio builder enlisted by Hitler Youth to track the movements of the French resistance. The two narratives entwine until the stories intersect in Saint-Malo, a French, walled citadel by the sea. Marie-Laure becomes blind at the age of 6. Her father, a master of the thousand locks at the Museum of Natural History, builds her a model of the neighbourhood to help her find her way around. When the war catches up with the pair they flee to Marie-Laure's great-Uncle's house with a beautiful but dangerous gem. Werner begins the story in a…

Издательство

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Год

2016

Страниц

26

Язык

английский

ISBN

9781534776265