Everything is illuminated: a novel
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
Prince Frederick, MD : RB Large Print, 2004.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print ed.
Physical Desc:
426 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Lexile measure:
880L
Status:
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Jonathan Safran Foer's debut—"a funny, moving...deeply felt novel about the dangers of confronting the past and the redemption that comes with laughing at it, even when that seems all but impossible." (Time)
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. As his search moves back in time, the fantastical history moves forward, until reality collides with fiction in a heart-stopping scene of extraordinary power.
"Imagine a novel as verbally cunning as A Clockwork Orange, as harrowing as The Painted Bird, as exuberant and twee as Candide, and you have Everything Is Illuminated . . . Read it, and you'll feel altered, chastened—seared in the fire of something new." — Washington Post
"A rambunctious tour de force of inventive and intelligent storytelling . . . Foer can place his reader's hand on the heart of human experience, the transcendent beauty of human connections. Read, you can feel the life beating." — Philadelphia Inquirer
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. As his search moves back in time, the fantastical history moves forward, until reality collides with fiction in a heart-stopping scene of extraordinary power.
"Imagine a novel as verbally cunning as A Clockwork Orange, as harrowing as The Painted Bird, as exuberant and twee as Candide, and you have Everything Is Illuminated . . . Read it, and you'll feel altered, chastened—seared in the fire of something new." — Washington Post
"A rambunctious tour de force of inventive and intelligent storytelling . . . Foer can place his reader's hand on the heart of human experience, the transcendent beauty of human connections. Read, you can feel the life beating." — Philadelphia Inquirer
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Location
Call Number
Status
Hamden/Miller Adult Large Type Fiction
LP/FIC/FOER
On Shelf
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Language:
English
ISBN:
140256533X (hc.)
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.7, 16 Points
Level 5.7, 16 Points
Lexile measure:
880
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APA Citation (style guide)
Foer, J. S. (2004). Everything is illuminated: a novel. Large print ed. Prince Frederick, MD, RB Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-. 2004. Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel. Prince Frederick, MD, RB Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-, Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel. Prince Frederick, MD, RB Large Print, 2004.
MLA Citation (style guide)Foer, Jonathan Safran. Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel. Large print ed. Prince Frederick, MD, RB Large Print, 2004.
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