Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in several prestigious anthologies. He was a 2014 National Book Award Finalist. He is the award-winning author of The Shell Collector, About Grace, Four Seasons in Rome, Memory Wall, and the novel All the Light We Cannot See. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).Īnthony Doerr is an American fiction writer, born in 1973 in Ohio. Deftly interweaving their lives, Doerr illuminates the ways that, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. The novel follows 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. Currently, it has been on the list for 48 straight weeks, and remains one of the most popular circulating books in our library!Ībout the book: All the Light We Cannot See was called “hauntingly beautiful” by the New York Times. Finally, early in 2015, All the Light We Cannot See ascended to the NY Times top spot for three weeks. Notoriety started to pick up, mostly through word-of-mouth, but also by winning a myriad of end-of-the-year best book awards. Last fall, the book was named a finalist for the National Book Award. It made it onto the NY Times Bestseller list, gradually creeping up the list over the next several months. All the Light We Cannot See was published in May of 2014 to positive critical reviews but little fanfare.
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