A lyrical, finely wrought tale of loyalty, love, and the many faces of resistance, told from the perspective of an Armenian girl living in Paris during the Nazi occupation of the 1940s.
Nancy Kricorian grew up in the Armenian community of Watertown, Massachusetts. She is the author of the novels Zabelle and Dreams of Bread and Fire. She is a widely published essayist and social activist who is based in New York City. She is currently at work on a new novel about the Armenian community of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.
“Love blooms just as war tears two people apart . . . Kricorian’s
rendering makes good on its promise of drama [and] . . . her
heroine’s resilience is exciting.”
—The New York Times
“Beautifully conjured . . . Kricorian’s touch is light, but the
residual impact of war is nonetheless palpable.”
—Eleanor J. Bader, In These Times
“Moving . . . With a bittersweet love story, examples of everyday
heroism, and a community refusing to give in to tyrants,
Kricorian’s work sheds even more light on the German occupation of
France.”
—Library Journal
“The first-person narrative nails the blend of daily detail and
political history . . . An important addition to the WWII fiction
shelves, this is bound to spark discussion.”
—Booklist
“All the Light There Was offers a vivid picture of life for a
minority family in occupied Paris, and author Kricorian
effortlessly takes the reader from one year to the next . . . A
pleasure to read.”
—Historical Novel Society
“Immersive as quicksand.”
—Portland Book Review
“Kricorian’s treatment of family dynamics and love under extreme
circumstances creates an emotional read.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Nancy Kricorian is a gem, her work subtle and nuanced and moving.
All the Light There Was brings Nazi-occupied Paris vividly,
tragically, and heroically to life.”
—Chris Bohjalian, author of The Sandcastle Girls and Midwives
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