The Resource All the light we cannot see, Anthony Doerr
All the light we cannot see, Anthony Doerr
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 531 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476746593
- Label
- All the light we cannot see
- Title
- All the light we cannot see
- Statement of responsibility
- Anthony Doerr
- Title variation
- All the light we can't see
- Subject
-
- trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
- Saint-Malo (France) -- Fiction
- truePersonal conduct
- truePeople who are blind
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Blind -- Fiction
- trueCoastal towns
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueFrance -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction
- trueGermans in France
- trueGermany -- History -- 1933-1945
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- trueOrphans
- trueMultiple perspectives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Youth -- Germany -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Youth -- France -- Fiction
- trueWorld War II
- trueWar and society
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Summary
- A blind French girl on the run from the German occupation and a German orphan-turned-Resistance tracker struggle with respective beliefs after meeting on the Brittany coast
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2015.
- Alex Award, 2015.
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2015.
- Australian Book Industry Awards, International Book of the Year, 2015.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2014.
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2014.
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Fiction, 2015.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2014.
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2014
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2015.
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2014
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Awards note
- Pulitzer Prize, 2015
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10298717
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Doerr, Anthony
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 880
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- PS3604.O34
- LC item number
- A77 2014
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 880
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Blind
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- France
- Saint-Malo (France)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- All the light we cannot see, Anthony Doerr
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20169983
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 531 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476746593
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2013034107
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (DLC)BK0013569865
- Label
- All the light we cannot see, Anthony Doerr
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20169983
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 531 pages
- Isbn
- 9781476746593
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2013034107
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (DLC)BK0013569865
Subject
- trueSecond World War era (1939-1945) -- 1939 -- 1945
- Saint-Malo (France) -- Fiction
- truePersonal conduct
- truePeople who are blind
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Blind -- Fiction
- trueCoastal towns
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueFrance -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction
- trueGermans in France
- trueGermany -- History -- 1933-1945
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- trueOrphans
- trueMultiple perspectives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Youth -- Germany -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Youth -- France -- Fiction
- trueWorld War II
- trueWar and society
Genre
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Fiction
Included in
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2014
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2015
- trueAlex Award: 2015
- trueAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
- trueAustralian Book Industry Awards: International Book of the Year
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2014
- trueGoodreads Choice Awards: 2014
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Fiction
- trueLibrary Journal Best Historical Fiction
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2014
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
- trueRecommended by Danielle Borasky
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens: 2014
- trueThe Holocaust
- trueWorld War II
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2015.
- Award
- Alex Award, 2015.
- Award
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2015.
- Award
- Australian Book Industry Awards, International Book of the Year, 2015.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2014.
- Award
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2014.
- Award
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Fiction, 2015.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2014.
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2014
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- Award
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2015.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2014
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