January 5, 2015 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment. I had the PLEASURE of reading and reviewing "All The Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr this week, and I am so very glad that I did. The book, All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr is a historical novel written in 2014. Werner Pfennig is a sensitive, perceptive German orphan with a knack for building and repairing radios. Werner is trapped in darkness after the bombing of Saint-Malo, but he knows there is light above him. . All the Light We Cannot See is told in almost 200 short chapters, and constantly cuts back and forth between two main characters: Werner Pfennig, a young German boy with an aptitude for radio engineering, and Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a young, blind French girl who excels at reading and studying science. The book begins in August of 1944, during World War II, particularly the German invasion of Paris, France. Reviewed by Yushin Jeng . All the Light We Cannot See . Scribner, $27 (544p) ISBN 978-1-4767-4658-6. Having gone blind as a child, Marie-Laure vaguely remembers being able to see light. Hello. I used to frequent bookstores where I would see the book among other well-esteemed modern titles. Published by Scribner. By Anthony Doerr. Parents need to know that What Light, by Jay Asher (Thirteen Reasons Why), is a light holiday romance involving a teen girl whose family owns a Christmas tree farm in Oregon.Sierra and her family move to California for the holiday season every year to sell trees. Type in "Amazon" or "Barnes and Nobles" or however you acquire the books that you read. I speak French and would be honoured to play her should the book ever be adapted into a movie. All the Light We Cannot See is a novel told from the perspective of two main characters and the people in their lives. The novel was on the list of The New York Times as one of the best-selling novels of 2014. The chapters alternately tell their stories as their paths come closer together and eventually collide. A non-spoiler book review for All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. I promise I am not leading you astray. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. I will forgive you from taking a break from reading this review. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr. I was prepared to give this book 5 stars and more. The title is also a metaphor for the invisible stories of ordinary people that are buried in the past, unseen and overlooked because they lie outside history's narrow spectrum, or field of focus. All the Light We Cannot See refers to the spectrum of electromagnetic wavelengths that human eyes are unable to detect. All the Light We Cannot See tells the captivating stories of Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind French girl, and Werner Pfennig, a German boy, two young adults who eventually cross paths on opposite sides of World War II. All the Light We Cannot See is an ambitious tome, sweeping in scale, weighing in at 530 pages. But . It was hard not to notice its gorgeous cover of a Parisian city in shades of cobalt and Prussian blue. It is 1934. The first time I encountered Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See was about a year ago. More By and About This Author. In the early part of “All the Light We Cannot See,” the gem has wound up at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a historical novel written in 2014. I have finished reading all the light we cannot see with my mother daughter book club and was thoroughly blown away and drawn to the character of Marie Laure. At first glance, All the Light We Cannot See seems to be the poster child for book groups and best read lists, but the hype is well-deserved. As I read, I marveled at the author’s beautiful writing and the power of his story-telling. ARTICLES. All the Light We Cannot See was Doerr's fifth novel.. Simon & Schuster Audio, , unabridged, 13 CDs, 16 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-4423-7542-0. 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