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Hilarious, energetic, and profoundly touching, a debut novel follows a young writer as he travels to the farmlands of eastern Europe, where he embarks on a quest to find Augustine, the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis, and, guided by his young Ukrainian translator, he discovers an unexpected past that will resonate far into the future. Excerpt in The New Yorker.
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Everything is illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
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- Released
- 2015
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0544484002
- ISBN13
- 9780544484009
- 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
- Hilarious, energetic, and profoundly touching, a debut novel follows a young writer as he travels to the farmlands of eastern Europe, where he embarks on a quest to find Augustine, the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis, and, guided by his young Ukrainian translator, he discovers an unexpected past that will resonate far into the future. Excerpt in The New Yorker.