{"product_id":"9780007559107","title":"All The Light We Cannot See: The Breathtaking World Wide Bestseller","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003cbr\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003cbr\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTION\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eA beautiful, stunningly ambitious 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarie 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoerr’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author's intricate depiction of a blind French girl and a German boy in All the Light We Cannot See has earned it a spot as a Sunday Times bestselling literary book. This historical romance set in the 20th century is a testament to Doerr's storytelling ability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Amor Towles (Table For Two), Kristin Hannah (The Nightingale), Bonnie Garmus (Lessons in Chemistry), Emily St. John Mandel (Last Night in Montreal), and Shelby Van Pelt (Remarkably Bright Creatures).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthony Doerr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889036578965,"sku":"9780007559107","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007559107_cd256a95-56ec-45d2-acc6-44fbec23e721.jpg?v=1776888324","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007559107","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}