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. Winner of the 2014 BookBrowse Award for Fiction.
All The Light We Cannot See
Product Info
Hardcover: 530 pages
Publisher: Scribner (6 May 2014)
Language: English
Genre: Historical drama
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.7 x 9 inchesEditors' Review
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller 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.
Author
Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr (born 1973) is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novelAll the Light We Cannot See, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio,[1] Doerr attended the nearby University School, where he graduated in 1991. He then majored in history at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he graduated in 1995, and earned an MFA from Bowling Green State University. Doerr is married, has twin sons and lives in Boise, Idaho.
Winning Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2015)
Audie Award for Fiction (2015)
ALA Alex Award (2015)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction (Runner-Up)(2015)
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction (2015)
National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2014)
Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2014)
