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The Resource Everything is illuminated : a novel, Jonathan Safran Foer, (electronic resource)

Everything is illuminated : a novel, Jonathan Safran Foer, (electronic resource)

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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 might or might 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. As their adventure unfolds, Jonathan imagines the history of his grandfather's village, conjuring a magical fable of startling symmetries that unite generations across time. Lit by passion, fear, guilt, memory, and hope, the characters in Everything Is Illuminated mine the black holes of history. As the search moves back in time, the fantastical history moves forward, until reality collides with fiction in a heart-stopping scene of extraordinary power. An arresting blend of high comedy and great tragedy, this is a story about searching for people and places that no longer exist, for the hidden truths that haunt every family, and for the delicate but necessary tales that link past and future. Exuberant and wise, hysterically funny and deeply moving, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED is an astonishing debut
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eng
Work
Instance
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Everything is illuminated : a novel
Title
Everything is illuminated
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan Safran Foer
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man - also named Jonathan Safran Foer - sets out to find the woman who might or might 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. As their adventure unfolds, Jonathan imagines the history of his grandfather's village, conjuring a magical fable of startling symmetries that unite generations across time. Lit by passion, fear, guilt, memory, and hope, the characters in Everything Is Illuminated mine the black holes of history. As the search moves back in time, the fantastical history moves forward, until reality collides with fiction in a heart-stopping scene of extraordinary power. An arresting blend of high comedy and great tragedy, this is a story about searching for people and places that no longer exist, for the hidden truths that haunt every family, and for the delicate but necessary tales that link past and future. Exuberant and wise, hysterically funny and deeply moving, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED is an astonishing debut
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1977-
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Foer, Jonathan Safran
Dewey number
813/.6
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3606.O38
LC item number
E84 2002eb
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Americans
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Jewish families
  • Grandfathers
  • Novelists
  • Young men
  • Ukraine
Label
Everything is illuminated : a novel, Jonathan Safran Foer, (electronic resource)
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http://orl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=5A55E87F-636B-478F-9A05-2A58158D5798
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (276 p.)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780547523781
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(electronic bk.)
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ill.
Specific material designation
remote
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  • (OCoLC)ocn772078517
  • (OCoLC)772078517
Label
Everything is illuminated : a novel, Jonathan Safran Foer, (electronic resource)
Link
http://orl.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=5A55E87F-636B-478F-9A05-2A58158D5798
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (276 p.)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780547523781
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Other physical details
ill.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn772078517
  • (OCoLC)772078517

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