Everything is Illuminated
by Foer, Jonathan Safran
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0618173870
- ISBN 13
- 9780618173877
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. Includes scarce, extensive 18 page packet of review materials (8 1/2" x 11" stapled with card stock cover with authors picture on the front.) Almost all of these were destroyed because of the large size. Debut novel.
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
- A. Friendly's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000024
- Title
- Everything is Illuminated
- Author
- Foer, Jonathan Safran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618173870
- ISBN 13
- 9780618173877
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Fiction, literature, debut
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