"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. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize...

"From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about 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. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six,...

"In this sentimental journey through Brittany, the idyllic land of his childhood, Le Clézio invites us to reflect upon territorial identity, nationalism, and the passage of time. From his early memories (a bomb exploding in his grandmother's backyard), sifting through his years as a war child, a time that had a terrible impact in his knowledge of the world, the Nobel laureate draws an essential page from his emotional geography, discussing his sense...