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By Jonathan Safran Foer

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Format:Paperback, 326 pages, 1st Mariner Books ed Edition
Other Information: illustrations
Published In: United States, 01 April 2006
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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Safran Foer's bestseller follows the adventures of nine-year-old Oskar Schell, a scientist, collector, tambourine player, and solver of puzzles. The young boy roams New York City in a fervent search for a lock that will match the key left behind by his father, who was killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11. Jeff Woodman captures all of Oskar's contradictions: a prodigy who understands physics and lives in terror of the immediate world around him. Richard Ferrone provides Oskar's grandfather a gravelly voice, while Barbara Caruso deftly renders Oskar's grandmother, lending her a slight European accent and the right mix of wisdom and helplessness. This fine ensemble recording will keep listeners engaged. A Mariner paperback. (Dec.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Adult/High School-Oskar Schell is not your average nine-year-old. A budding inventor, he spends his time imagining wonderful creations. He also collects random photographs for his scrapbook and sends letters to scientists. When his father dies in the World Trade Center collapse, Oskar shifts his boundless energy to a quest for answers. He finds a key hidden in his father's things that doesn't fit any lock in their New York City apartment; its container is labeled "Black." Using flawless kid logic, Oskar sets out to speak to everyone in New York City with the last name of Black. A retired journalist who keeps a card catalog with entries for everyone he's ever met is just one of the colorful characters the boy meets. As in Everything Is Illuminated (Houghton, 2002), Foer takes a dark subject and works in offbeat humor with puns and wordplay. But Extremely Loud pushes further with the inclusion of photographs, illustrations, and mild experiments in typography reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions (Dell, 1973). The humor works as a deceptive, glitzy cover for a fairly serious tale about loss and recovery. For balance, Foer includes the subplot of Oskar's grandfather, who survived the World War II bombing of Dresden. Although this story is not quite as evocative as Oskar's, it does carry forward and connect firmly to the rest of the novel. The two stories finally intersect in a powerful conclusion that will make even the most jaded hearts fall.-Matthew L. Moffett, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Two outsiders-a marine biologist from America and a New Dehli businessman-radically alter the social landscape when they converge on the splattering of islands off India call the Sundarbans. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

"[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."

Publisher: Mariner Books,US
ISBN:0618711651
EAN:9780618711659
Dimensions: 21.0 x 13.0 x 2.0 centimeters (0.37 kg)
Age Range: 15+ years
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5 of 5 Stars! – Customer review on 13/10/2006

What a stunning, enthralling novel. Try not to read too much about the storyline, but instead, let the book unfold before you. This book is not simply text, but includes photos that are a part of the story. This book is un put down able! Read it! Buy it for your friends. what a great christmas gift!

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5 of 5 Stars! – Customer review on 17/03/2009

Honestly, this is the best book i've ever read. Absolutely a must read. I agree with what is said above...try not to find out too much about the plot or the story line...i opened it and began reading with absolutely no idea and it was a revelation. He's a really masterful writer and makes me feel so inadequate as a person because he's so full of talent and insight. Amazing.

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5 of 5 Stars! – Customer review on 17/03/2009

The above posts are right. This is easily the best book I've ever read. Safran Foer's first book "Everything is Illuminated" was hilarious and touching, but this one trumps that in a very different way. I agree with just reading the book and letting it unfold before you. He writes with such succinct and unique characters - it is amazing and surprising that a child didn't write parts of the book. Each character has their own very human and real voice within the story. Absolutely a must read.

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4 of 5 Stars! – Customer review on 21/12/2006

This book is wonderful. The author gets into the mind of a young kid so effortlessly, it makes me wonder if a kid actually wrote parts of it! It follows the story of a young man who's father died in the September 11 tragedy, and who left him a great mission to complete. This book is for anyone who likes a story that is a bit 'off'. A must read.

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