![]() ![]() 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. As their adventure unfolds, Jonathan imagines the history of his grandfathers village, conjuring a magical fable of startling symmetries that unite generations across time. ![]() 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. (Time) 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. Jonathan Safran Foers debut-a funny, eply felt novel about the dangers of confronting the past and the redemption that comes with laughing at it, even when that seems all but impossible. About the Book Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2002. ![]()
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