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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

Jonathan Safran Foer

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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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Turtleback Books
  • Publish Date: Jan 1st, 2006
  • Pages: 368
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Bound for Schoo - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.20in - 1.20in - 0.92lb
  • EAN: 9780606235341
  • Categories: Literary

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Praise for this book

"[A] dazzling literary high-wire act . . . brilliant . . . The payoff is extraordinary: a fearless, acrobatic, ultimately haunting effort to combine inspired mischief with a grasp of the unthinkable."