Everything Is Illuminated

Name: Everything Is Illuminated
Author: Jonathan Safran Foer

by Jonathan Safran Foer

Jewish novelist and Ukrainian translator search Ukraine for mystical roots

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Jonathan Safran Foer

American novelist whose debut Everything Is Illuminated reimagined the Holocaust through postmodern experimentation and dark comedy. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close explored September 11 grief through a child's perspective. He is one of the most discussed novelists of his generation.

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