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With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man -- also named Jonathan Safran Foer -- sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war; an amorous dog named Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior; and the unforgettable Alex, a young Ukrainian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English, Jonathan is led on a quixotic journey over a devastated landscape and into an unexpected past. By turns comic and tragic, but always passionate, wildly inventive, and touched with an indelible humanity, this debut novel is a powerful, deeply felt story of for the past, family, and truth.
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Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
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- 2005
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2005
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Historical Fiction, Humor, Family, Contemporary Fiction, American Literature, World War II, Memories, Adapted for Film, Jews, Past, Holocaust, Magical Realism, Search, Debut, Ukraine, Persecution of Jews, Generations, Generational Differences
- First published
- 2002
- Original title
- Everything Is Illuminated
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man -- also named Jonathan Safran Foer -- sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war; an amorous dog named Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior; and the unforgettable Alex, a young Ukrainian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English, Jonathan is led on a quixotic journey over a devastated landscape and into an unexpected past. By turns comic and tragic, but always passionate, wildly inventive, and touched with an indelible humanity, this debut novel is a powerful, deeply felt story of for the past, family, and truth.