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Everything is illuminated : a novel, Jonathan Safran Foer

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Summary
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. 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 searching: for the past, family, and truth
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st Perennial ed.
Extent
276 pages
Isbn
9780060529703
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc041/2002038766.html
Instance
Label
Everything is illuminated : a novel
Title
Everything is illuminated
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan Safran Foer
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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. 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 searching: for the past, family, and truth
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1977-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Dewey number
813/.6
Illustrations
portraits
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3606.O38
LC item number
E84 2003
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • Americans
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Jewish families
  • Grandfathers
  • Novelists
  • Young men
  • Ukraine
  • Domestic fiction
  • Jewish fiction
  • Humorous fiction
  • Bildungsromans
  • Familie
  • Luftangriff
  • Reise
  • Stetl
  • Vergangenheitsbewältigung
  • Amerikaner
  • Juden
  • Ukraine
  • Americans
  • Domestic fiction
  • Grandfathers
  • Jewish families
  • Jewish fiction
  • Novelists
  • Young men
  • Ukraine
  • Americans
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Jewish families
  • Grandfathers
  • Novelists
  • Young men
  • Ukraine
  • Humorous fiction
  • Domestic fiction
  • Bildungsromans
  • Jewish fiction
  • Stetl
  • Reise
  • Luftangriff
  • Vergangenheitsbewältigung
  • Familie
  • Amerikaner
  • Juden
  • Ukraine
Label
Everything is illuminated : a novel, Jonathan Safran Foer
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc041/2002038766.html
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Publication
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm50859161
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
1st Perennial ed.
Extent
276 pages
Isbn
9780060529703
Lccn
2002038766
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
portrait
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o50859161
  • (OCoLC)50859161
Label
Everything is illuminated : a novel, Jonathan Safran Foer
Link
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc041/2002038766.html
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm50859161
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
1st Perennial ed.
Extent
276 pages
Isbn
9780060529703
Lccn
2002038766
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
portrait
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o50859161
  • (OCoLC)50859161

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