Everything is Illuminated

Name: Everything is Illuminated
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780141037325
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By Jonathan Safran Foer

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Everything is Illuminated follows a young American man's journey to Ukraine to find the woman who rescued his grandfather during the Nazi occupation. His search is accompanied by a blind elderly man, a spirited guide dog, and a hilariously inept translator, leading to a blend of humour and poignant discovery.
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A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre new forms.

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Everything is Illuminated won the Guardian First Book Award in 2002. It tells the story of a young man who goes to Ukraine in search of the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis.

He is aided in his quest by a blind old man, a randy guide dog and a very, very bad translator.

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ISBN: 9780141037325

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 116.0mm

Height: 182.0mm

Weight: 174g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Jonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977. He is the editor of the anthology A Convergence of Birds- Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell, and his stories have been published in the Paris Review, Conjunctions and the New Yorker. Everything Is Illuminated, his first novel, won several literary prizes, including the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award in 2002.

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