“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr, who says he wanted to write “a book that reminds us of the magic of radio…especially over a child’s mind”

The title of this Pulitzer Prize novel refers to radio waves.

If you go to the author’s website, the page about this book, and you play the video, in which Doerr discusses how he came to write it, you find that the book originated from the idea of “a boy trapped somewhere” (unrelated to World War II) and “the magic of radio…especially over a child’s mind.”

Who cares about the psychological origin of this book? Judging from his video, the author cares, and wants you to care, too.

http://www.anthonydoerr.com/press/441/