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| Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Jonathan Safran Foer
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (307 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2296
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0618711651
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780618711659
ASIN: 0618711651
Publication Date: April 4, 2006
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Product Description
Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history.
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.
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 I cried. August 26, 2008
I didn't think I would ever find a book better than "Everything is Illuminated."
Apparently, the only person who can write better than Jonathan Safran Foer is Jonathan Safran Foer.
Buy 10 Copies July 30, 2008
Buy this book. Then buy nine extra copies. Give them to your friends and family. They'll thank you for it. I loved this book. It's smart and funny and touching without being sappy.
Great title + great cover = AMAZING book July 6, 2008
One of the best books I've read in a very, very long time. I picked it up because the cover looked interesting, and I'm so glad I did. It's heartbreaking, uplifting, encouraging and devestating all in one, sometimes in the same sentence even.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has recently lost a loved one, and/or is searching for a way to grieve. It's unspeakably amazing and wonderful, with enough heart to put a broken one back together.
LOVED this book June 26, 2008
It takes a lot for a book to make me laugh - and I was laughing already during the first paragraph. This book also made me sob.
The story is so well told and the characters are so human that you can't help but become invested in them - you feel their emotions.
As a 20-something female, I loved the use of the narrators voice in this story. You hear the story through the point of view of a child and a grandparent - which seemed very unique to this book.
Excellent Book June 26, 2008
This book made me cry and call my family to tell them I love them. It's very touching, and it feels very real. Foer writes magnificently: he avoids letting the tragedy of 9/11 speak for itself in terms of emotional affectivity. I highly recommend it.
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