{"product_id":"everything-is-illuminated-9780544484009","title":"Everything Is Illuminated","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Imagine a novel as verbally cunning as \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, as harrowing as \u003ci\u003eThe Painted Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, as exuberant and twee as \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e, and you have \u003ci\u003eEverything Is Illuminated\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Read it, and you'll feel altered, chastened -- seared in the fire of something new.\" -- \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man -- also named Jonathan Safran Foer -- sets out to find the woman who might or might 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As their adventure unfolds, Jonathan imagines the history of his grandfather's village, conjuring a magical fable of startling symmetries that unite generations across time. As his search moves back in time, the fantastical history moves forward, until reality collides with fiction in a heart-stopping scene of extraordinary power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A rambunctious tour de force of inventive and intelligent storytelling . . . Foer can place his reader's hand on the heart of human experience, the transcendent beauty of human connections. Read, you can feel the life beating.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544484009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e102140 \/ Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Safran Foer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638478008476,"sku":"9780544484009","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bca4052c-2ddc-4b43-8075-2452b5ce781b.jpg?v=1603847385","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/everything-is-illuminated-9780544484009","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}