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IDemo

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3. "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Reply to TexasProgresive (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 07:16 PM

Jul 2014

Just finished it an hour ago. Fantastic novel based on the intertwining stories of young people on the German and French sides during World War ll. If you read his short story "The Shell Collector", the style will be familiar: all narrated in the present tense, vivid depictions of characters and Nature. This is one you can count on losing a lot of sleep over because you can't put it down, and if you're like me will find yourself reading more slowly as the final chapters come just to make it last.

http://www.anthonydoerr.com/books/all-the-light-we-cannot-see/

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