It's been a long time since a book moved me as much as "All the light we cannot see" by Anthony Doerr did. Set in the times of WWII, in the moors of Germany and France, this radiant book touches every basic essence of human emotions and his life; love, war, fate, grief. It is an astonishingly beautiful tale of a young blind girl, Marie Laurie from France - who explores the world through her imagination with a twinkling wonder in her heart and who is compelled to face the aftermaths of war with her father who has his own secrets - and a young orphan, Warner Pfenning from Germany, having his own beguiling questions for life, whose talents and skills write his breath taking journey - and their fates converging in the most surprising way.
This book is a jigsaw puzzle that keeps the readers clinging to it till the end in the search of the missing piece. Through its gripping characters and their fine development, strong prose and intense scenarios, Doerr urges the reader to fall all over in love with this one in a kind book. Jaw dropping, arousing, and heart warming, this book is a piece of art. Lucky are those hands which get to place it in them, for it surely stupefies one with its engaging storyline and rare to find grace.
When the sun gets high and your spirits are low
When you feel like you no more belong
When life takes you far far away
But the days are the same and too long
Think of all the dawns that we watched
Sipping our cold coffee on roof tops
Forgetting every care in the world
Rambling on about friends and the shops
About the people who now are but a blur in the past
About missing our cities and the food by our moms
About the changes we went through all but at once
About how different we wee when back at our homes
Think of our smiles and the promise you made
You wont lose our pictures or hide em away
You'll put them where your kids would see
And ask you that who these people would be
Tell them they are who i was once
They are curiosity and joy and randomness
For gone would be the times but not the memory
Of who we were then who we wanted to be
And I hope far down the lane of the time
When you get upset i make you smile
Maybe i wont be around to tell you again
But i hope my memory will lessen the pain
By popping in your mind and reminding you
Dont worry my friend, you'll make it through!
I know we shall meet again
I will tell you all about this pain
But what to do with my heart
That wants you here right this hour
There's no home down here for me
For home is where you will be
If people were stars
You are moon
The skies are dark
You're gone too soon
Remember that night
When You told me its fine
You told me not to worry
For you'll take care of it
I was in a hurry
I didnt even sit
And now i look back
To what i had missed then
Your smile had a crack
And that was the last time when
I was at home
Neither Lost nor alone
By Warda Firdous
