Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel
by Jonathan Safran Foer
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0618173870
- ISBN 13
- 9780618173877
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About This Item
New with pristine dust cover, pages unmarked, binding tight. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Signed and dated by Author on title page. Unread new condition.
Synopsis
Everything Is Illuminated is the first novel by the American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, published in 2002. It was adapted into a film starring Elijah Wood in 2005.
Reviews
On Nov 10 2013, CloggieDownunder said:
Everything Is Illuminated is the first novel by American author, Jonathan Safran Foer. This novel is written in three “voices”. The story of Jonathan Safran Foer’s search, in the Ukraine, for the family who rescued his grandfather from the Nazis during World War Two is narrated by the translator who accompanied him, Alexander Perchov. Alex claims to be “fluid” in English, and enhances his narration with the use of a Thesaurus provided by Jonathan. Jonathan also sends Alex sections of a slightly bizarre novel he is writing about his ancestors, in particular his great great great great great grandmother, and his grandfather. And finally, included are Alex’s letters to Jonathan which relate occurrences in his family’s life, comment on the sections of the novel and respond to corrections to the narrative that Jonathan has suggested. Whilst ultimately a holocaust novel, Safran Foer manages to inject plenty of humour with his characters (the “blind” grandfather driver with his seeing-eye bitch, Sammy Davis Junior, Junior; an ancestor with a blade in his head; a young Ukrainian with an ambition to be an accountant, who is saving to go to America by eschewing nightclubs in favour of the beach), with his fantastic eighteenth century Polish-Ukrainian Jewish shtetl full of whacky inhabitants and customs, and with the often hilarious results of generous if totally misguided use of a Thesaurus. The Thesaurus-enhanced narrative clearly demonstrates the importance of context. Clever, even if it is a bit pretentious.
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- Bookseller
- enddol (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 866
- Title
- Everything Is Illuminated
- Author
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- Format/Binding
- New
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0618173870
- ISBN 13
- 9780618173877
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2002
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