Everything Is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
- 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
