![]() ![]() There is a worrying even-handedness in Doerr’s treatment of the Germans and the French. ![]() And it is a weakness of this book that it has many aspects of genre fiction, despite the huge amount of research that has gone into it. Of course as you read the dual story, you wonder how soon it is before Marie-Laure and Werner are going to meet. Marie-Laure, virtually all alone with her eccentric great uncle now, joins the resistance and carries messages in baguettes. Marie-Laure’s father is investigated and taken away, ending up in a German camp. Life in Saint-Malo becomes increasingly difficult as the Germans take full control. ![]() Werner moves closer to the front as the Germans favour experts who can pick up radio transmissions from the allies. Despite her blindness, the girl is able to visualise the layout of the town when her father makes a small and detailed model of it. When the Nazis arrive in Paris and begin to investigate the museum, demanding keys from Marie’s father, he makes plans to move to his uncle’s house in Saint-Malo. ![]()
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