Everything Is Illuminated
by Foer, Jonathan Safran
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.
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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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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.
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Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2002 Slight rub to corners of covers and spine ends. Very slight curl to covers. Slight scuffing to edges of text block. No prev. owner name. This may be the first-state of the Advance Reading Copy / Uncorrected Proof, as the covers are cream color and reddish-orange, not the familiar final design of the B&W… Read more about this item Item Price
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(London): Hamish Hamilton. (2002). The advance reading copy of the first British edition of his first novel, one of the most highly praised literary debuts of the year -- named Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times and winner of the Guardian First Book Prize, among other literary awards. A film adaptation, done by Liev Schreiber, won the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 6". None. A first edition of 'Everything is Illuminated' by Jonathan Safran Foer. "Great humour, sympathy, charm and daring...every page is illuminated." - Jeffrey Eugenides. "To call it the best first novel I've ever read belittles it: it is one of the best novels… Read more about this item Item Price
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Houghton MIfflin Company. Boston. New York, 2002. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 276 pages. The author's first novel, after a collection of short stories. Intricate in structure, fantastical in it's story, and irreverent in 100 different ways. "Told with unwayering charm and wit" - Nathan Englander, (from the cover blurb). Back cover blurb by Joyce… Read more about this item Item Price
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