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Extremely loud & incredibly close, Jonathan Safran Foer
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- Summary
- A new novel by the author of Everything Is Illuminated introduces Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center bombing who searches the city for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind. 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. What he discovers is solace in that most human quality, imagination. Meet Oskar Schell, an inventor, Francophile, tambourine player, Shakespearean actor, jeweler, pacifist, correspondent with Stephen Hawking and Ringo Starr. He is nine years old. And he is on an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New York. His mission is to find the lock that fits a mysterious key belonging to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. An inspired innocent, Oskar is alternately endearing, exasperating, and hilarious as he careens from Central Park to Coney Island to Harlem on his search. Along the way he is always dreaming up inventions to keep those he loves safe from harm. What about a birdseed shirt to let you fly away? What if you could actually hear everyone's heartbeat? His goal is hopeful, but the past speaks a loud warning in stories of those who've lost loved ones before. As Oskar roams New York, he encounters a motley assortment of humanity who are all survivors in their own way. He befriends a 103-year-old war reporter, a tour guide who never leaves the Empire State Building, and lovers enraptured or scorned. Ultimately, Oskar ends his journey where it began, at his father's grave. But now he is accompanied by the silent stranger who has been renting the spare room of his grandmother's apartment. They are there to dig up his father's empty coffin
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Mariner Books ed.
- Extent
- 326 p.
- Note
- "A Mariner Book."
- Isbn
- 9780618711659
- Label
- Extremely loud & incredibly close
- Title
- Extremely loud & incredibly close
- Statement of responsibility
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- Title variation
- Extremely loud and incredibly close
- Subject
-
- trueGifted children
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- trueBoys -- New York City
- trueNew York City
- trueSenior men
- trueDresden, Germany -- Bombing, 1945 | Influence
- true21st century -- 2001 -- 2100
- trueQuests
- trueNine-year-old boys
- trueFathers -- Death
- trueSurvival
- trueMen who are mute
- trueHiroshima, Japan -- Atomic bombing, 1945 | Influence
- trueIllustrated books
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMainstream fiction
- trueAdult books for young adults
- truePsychological fiction
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- trueSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueBooks to movies
- trueLocks and keys
- trueMemories
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A new novel by the author of Everything Is Illuminated introduces Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center bombing who searches the city for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind. 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. What he discovers is solace in that most human quality, imagination. Meet Oskar Schell, an inventor, Francophile, tambourine player, Shakespearean actor, jeweler, pacifist, correspondent with Stephen Hawking and Ringo Starr. He is nine years old. And he is on an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New York. His mission is to find the lock that fits a mysterious key belonging to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. An inspired innocent, Oskar is alternately endearing, exasperating, and hilarious as he careens from Central Park to Coney Island to Harlem on his search. Along the way he is always dreaming up inventions to keep those he loves safe from harm. What about a birdseed shirt to let you fly away? What if you could actually hear everyone's heartbeat? His goal is hopeful, but the past speaks a loud warning in stories of those who've lost loved ones before. As Oskar roams New York, he encounters a motley assortment of humanity who are all survivors in their own way. He befriends a 103-year-old war reporter, a tour guide who never leaves the Empire State Building, and lovers enraptured or scorned. Ultimately, Oskar ends his journey where it began, at his father's grave. But now he is accompanied by the silent stranger who has been renting the spare room of his grandmother's apartment. They are there to dig up his father's empty coffin
- Summary
- Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center attacks, searches the five boroughs of New York City for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2006.
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2005.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 132145
- Cataloging source
- NOG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Foer, Jonathan Safran
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 800
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- Fathers and sons
- New York (N.Y.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Extremely loud & incredibly close, Jonathan Safran Foer
- Note
- "A Mariner Book."
- Control code
- ocm66462783
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Mariner Books ed.
- Extent
- 326 p.
- Isbn
- 9780618711659
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2004065131
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)66462783
- Label
- Extremely loud & incredibly close, Jonathan Safran Foer
- Note
- "A Mariner Book."
- Control code
- ocm66462783
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Mariner Books ed.
- Extent
- 326 p.
- Isbn
- 9780618711659
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2004065131
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)66462783
Subject
- true21st century -- 2001 -- 2100
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBooks to movies
- trueBoys -- New York City
- trueDresden, Germany -- Bombing, 1945 | Influence
- trueFathers -- Death
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGifted children
- trueHiroshima, Japan -- Atomic bombing, 1945 | Influence
- trueIllustrated books
- trueLocks and keys
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMainstream fiction
- trueMemories
- trueMen who are mute
- trueMultiple perspectives
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- trueNew York City
- trueNine-year-old boys
- truePsychological fiction
- trueQuests
- trueSenior men
- trueSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Fiction
- trueSurvival
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBooks to movies
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueIllustrated books
- trueMainstream fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- truePsychological fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2006
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students: 2005
- trueYALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - Literature and Language Arts: 2009
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