Even though the character Jonathan is one of the key characters, we only learn his story secondhand. The character just happens to be named JFS. Who doesn't like a little semi-meta flavoring, right? -) Foer doesn't even say if this is inspired by anything in his own family's story. One thing that might throw readers is the fact that author Jonathan Safran Foer names one of the main characters Jonathan Safran Foer, but this is a novel, not an autobio.
I know I loved it but I also know I wasn't always entirely clear on what exactly was going on. This is one of those novels that I think I may have to read a number of times to really get everything. 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. Exuberant and wise, hysterically funny and deeply moving, everything is illuminated is an astonishing debut.With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man - also named Jonathan Safran Foer - sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. As the search moves forward, until reality collides with fiction in a heart-stopping scene of extraordinary power.Īn arresting blend of high comedy in great tragedy, this is a story about searching for people and places that no longer exist, for the hidden truths that hunt every family, and for the delicate but necessary tails that link past and future. Let by passion, fear, guilt, memory, and hope, the characters in everything is illuminated mine the black holes of history. Accompanied by an amorous dog named Sammy Davis, Junior, 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.Īs their Adventure unfolds, Jonathan imagines the history of his grandfather's village, conjuring a magical fable of startling symmetries that unites generations across time.
With only a yellowing photograph in hand, young man- also named Jonathan Safran Foer- set out to find the woman who might or might not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Inside, the book is in very good condition with just tiny little stains on the outside page edges. The dust jacket has some light shelf wear. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer is a 276-page hardcover published in 2002 by Houghton Mifflin company.
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