All the Light We Cannot See

About the book

Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind girl living in Paris, flees to Saint-Malo with her father to escape the Nazi occupation, carrying a precious and potentially cursed diamond from the Museum of Natural History. Parallel to her story is that of Werner Pfennig, a German orphan whose aptitude for radio technology earns him a place in a brutal military academy and later a unit tracking resistance transmissions. Their lives converge during the Allied bombing of Saint-Malo in 1944, where the mechanics of radio waves and the shared experience of hiding bridge their opposing backgrounds.

This book is for readers interested in the technical and human facets of the Second World War. It attracts those who appreciate detailed historical reconstructions focusing on communication technology, biology, and the physical constraints of disability. Readers walk away with a specific understanding of how radio transmission shaped wartime intelligence and how individuals maintained personal integrity within collapsing social structures. It offers a precise look at the logistical reality of the French resistance and the training methods used within the Hitler Youth.

Details

Published

2014

Publisher

Scribner

ISBN

9781476746586

Language

EN