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Anthony Doerr's All The Light We Cannot See
The book, All The Light We Cannot See By Anthony Doerr, is often described as a quite riveting novel to read. The book highlights many of the hardships which people experienced during World War II. The story takes place in Saint-Malo, France. Saint-Malo is a first described as peaceful and serene, but later on known as the epitome of destruction. The author showcases the epic destruction of civilizations throughout the book by using many unique writing techniques to engage the reader’s attention. To begin with, The author depicts the events in the novel through the perspective of a physically blind girl, Marie Laure, and a figuratively blind boy, Werner Pfennig. The book manages to effectively explain the life stories of the two main characters,

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