Everything is Illuminated

Jonathan Safran Foer
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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. 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.
Genres: FictionHistorical FictionContemporaryNovelsBook ClubLiterary FictionMagical RealismLiteratureJewishHolocaust
276 Pages

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