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Anthony doerr also won the 2015 andrew carnegie medal for excellence in fiction for this same title. Doerrs combination of soaring imagination and meticulous observation is electric. The craftsmanship of doerrs book is rooted in his ability to inhabit the lives of. All the light we cannot see by anthony doerr goodreads. All the light we cannot see chapter 1 audiobook excerpt by. Both books manage to encompass both the largescale impact of world war ii and the more intimate effects it had on individuals living through it. Would you consider the audio edition of all the light we cannot see to be better than the print version.
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