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So, what really happened to the diamond? Was it answered and I missed it, or was it left up to the reader to guess?
Claudia Clark The fact that Werner throws the diamond into the sea after he retrieves the house in the grotto ties the beginning and the ending chapters of the nove…moreThe fact that Werner throws the diamond into the sea after he retrieves the house in the grotto ties the beginning and the ending chapters of the novel together. The storyteller in the museum quotes the priest after he tells the story of the prince and the diamond: "But if the keeper threw the diamond into the sea, thereby delivering it to its rightful recipient, the goddess would lift the curse." Werner is the one who lifts the curse. And the people he cared for - Marie-Laure, his sister Jutta, Volkheimer - all survive, but he is being killed because the stone does not protect him anymore. So in a way, his death has some meaning.(less)
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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