Jonathan Safran Foer

Here I Am

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Here I Am is Foer’s third novel, after Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The story focuses on an American Jewish family which is falling apart in a moment of crisis. The story is set against the broader backdrop of political instability and natural disaster in the Middle East. At stake is …

867720_0_e81f4df7Here I Am is Foer’s third novel, after Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The story focuses on an American Jewish family which is falling apart in a moment of crisis.

The story is set against the broader backdrop of political instability and natural disaster in the Middle East. At stake is the meaning of home – and the fundamental question of how much aliveness one can bear.

Jonathan Safran Foer has once again written a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy.

 

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