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Everything Is Illuminated:

A Novel
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798 Reviews
HarperCollins, Apr 1, 2003 - Fiction - 288 pages

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.

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Amazing writing, a unique point of view. - weRead
I could not get through his thick and contrived prose. - weRead
Nice plot and a funny storyline. - weRead
Fluid prose in the historical flashbacks. - weRead
Love this author's writing style. - weRead
Lot's of good insights into the human condition. - weRead

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User Review  - Jen August - Goodreads

I listened to the audio version of this book. This book was a little bit challenging. I enjoyed the writing style, employing separate voices and syntax for each character and since this was the audio ... Read full review

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User Review - Goodreads

the fist few chapters of 'everything is illuminated' are sprinkled with a comfortably earthy humor, and a lack of Important Srs Bznss that's rather refreshing for a much-lauded litfic sort of novel ...

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About the author (2003)

Jonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977. He is the editor of A Convergence of Birds, and his stories have been published in The Paris Review and The New Yorker. This is his first novel, which appeared on Best Books of 2002 lists internationally, won several literary prizes, including the National Jewish Book Award and The Guardian First Book Award, and has been published in twenty-four countries.

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