Everything Is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Taste attributes: dramacomedyhistoricalfresh & originalunsavouryrealisticbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connections
Boxlist takeMoving and grounded: an unsavoury novel. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 288
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- Open Library
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