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Everything is illuminated a novel

Jonathan is a Jewish college student searching Europe for the one person he believes can explain his roots. Alex, a lover of all things American and unsurpassed butcher of the English language, is his lovable Ukrainian guide. On their quixotic quest, the two young men look for Augustine, a woman who might have saved Jonathan's grandfather from the Nazis. As past and present merge, hysterically funny moments collide with episodes of great tragedy -- and an unforgettable story of one family's extraordinary history unfolds.

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  • "Cesta na Ukrajinu za osudy předků"
  • "Everything is illuminated"
  • "Everything is illuminated"@it
  • "Everything is illuminated"@pl
  • "Everything is illuminated. Français"
  • "Polnaia illiuminatsiia"

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  • "A young man heads out on a journey to find the woman who may have saved his grandmother from the Nazis."
  • "A young man heads out on a journey to find the woman who may have saved his grandmother from the Nazis."@he
  • "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. 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. Lit by passion, fear, guilt, memory, and hope, the characters in Everything Is Illuminated mine the black holes of history. As the search moves back in time, the fantastical history moves forward, until reality collides with fiction in a heart-stopping scene of extraordinary power. An arresting blend of high comedy and great tragedy, this is a story about searching for people and places that no longer exist, for the hidden truths that haunt every family, and for the delicate but necessary tales that link past and future. Exuberant and wise, hysterically funny and deeply moving, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED is an astonishing debut.--"
  • "En Ukraine, un écrivain juif américain est à la recherche de ses origines, aidé d'un adolescent, Alex, d'un vieillard et d'un chien nommé Sammy Davis junior. Ils sont en quête d'un village détruit par les nazis en 1941. C'est alors que le récit bascule, pour raconter l'histoire d'un shtetl, Trachimbrod, de 1791 au 18 juin 1941."
  • "A young man arrives in the Ukraine with a tattered photograph, a bad translator, a man haunted by memories and an undersexed guide dog - he is looking for the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. What they find turns all their worlds upside down."
  • "Hilarious, energetic, and profoundly touching, a debut novel follows a young writer as he travels to the farmlands of Eastern Europe, where he embarks on a quest to find Augustine, the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis, and, guided by his young Ukrainian translator, he discovers an unexpected past that will resonate far into the future. With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man, also named Jonathan Safran Foer, sets out to find the woman who may or may 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. By turns comic and tragic, but always passionate, wildly inventive, and touched with an indelible humanity, this debut novel is a powerful, deeply felt story of searching: for the past, family, and truth."
  • "Jonathan is a Jewish college student searching Europe for the one person he believes can explain his roots. Alex, a lover of all things American and unsurpassed butcher of the English language, is his lovable Ukrainian guide. On their quixotic quest, the two young men look for Augustine, a woman who might have saved Jonathan's grandfather from the Nazis. As past and present merge, hysterically funny moments collide with episodes of great tragedy -- and an unforgettable story of one family's extraordinary history unfolds."@en
  • "Jonathan is a Jewish college student searching Europe for the one person he believes can explain his roots. Alex, a lover of all things American and unsurpassed butcher of the English language, is his lovable Ukrainian guide. On their quixotic quest, the two young men look for Augustine, a woman who might have saved Jonathan's grandfather from the Nazis. As past and present merge, hysterically funny moments collide with episodes of great tragedy -- and an unforgettable story of one family's extraordinary history unfolds."
  • "Follows a young writer as he travels to Eastern Europe on a quest to find Augustine, the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis, and discovers an unexpected past that will resonate far into the future."@en
  • "A young man visits Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Partly narrated by a Ukrainian translator with fractured English language, and partly by the young man, the past meets the present, as fiction collides with reality in an unforgettable climax in this risible tale."
  • "Een jonge joods-Amerikaanse schrijver gaat op zoek naar sporen van zijn familie op het Oekraïense platteland."
  • ""With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man - also named Jonathan Safran Foer - sets out to find the woman who may or may 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. By turns comic and tragic, but always passionate, wildly inventive, and touched with an indelible humanity, this debut novel is a powerful, deeply felt story of searching : for the past, family, and truth." [Source : 4e de couv.]."
  • "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; a "blind" old man haunted by memories of the war; and an undersexed guide dog named Sammy Davis, Jr. What they are looking for seems elusive--a truth hidden behind veils of time, language and the horrors of war. What they find turns all their worlds upside down."@en
  • "The story of a young man who visits the Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis."@en
  • "With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young American Jew travels to the Ukrain to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis."
  • "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. 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. Lit by passion, fear, guilt, memory, and hope, the characters in Everything Is Illuminated mine the black holes of history. As the search moves back in time, the fantastical history moves forward, until reality collides with fiction in a heart-stopping scene of extraordinary power. An arresting blend of high comedy and great tragedy, this is a story about searching for people and places that no longer exist, for the hidden truths that haunt every family, and for the delicate but necessary tales that link past and future. Exuberant and wise, hysterically funny and deeply moving, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED is an astonishing debut."
  • "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. 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. Lit by passion, fear, guilt, memory, and hope, the characters in Everything Is Illuminated mine the black holes of history. As the search moves back in time, the fantastical history moves forward, until reality collides with fiction in a heart-stopping scene of extraordinary power. An arresting blend of high comedy and great tragedy, this is a story about searching for people and places that no longer exist, for the hidden truths that haunt every family, and for the delicate but necessary tales that link past and future. Exuberant and wise, hysterically funny and deeply moving, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED is an astonishing debut."@en

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung - Ukraine - Amerikaner - Reise - Vergangenheitsbewältigung - Geschichte 1997"
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Novel·les"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Belletristische Darstellung - Juden - Ukraine - Familie - Geschichte 1791-1942"
  • "Jewish fiction"@en
  • "Jewish fiction"
  • "Verhalend proza"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Belletristische Darstellung - Ukraine - Luftangriff - Stetl - Geschichte 1942"
  • "Humorous stories"

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  • "Alles is verlicht : een fragment uit de roman"
  • "Alles ist erleuchtet"
  • "Wszystko jest illuminacja"
  • "Hakol muar"
  • "Everything is illuminated a novel"
  • "Everything is illuminated a novel"@en
  • "הכול מואר"
  • "Everything is illuminated [(large type)] : a novel"@en
  • "Alles ist erleuchtet Roman"
  • "Alles is verlicht"
  • "Wszystko jest iluminacją"
  • "Wszystko jest iluminacją"@pl
  • "Everything is Illuminated a novel"
  • "Modŭn kŏt i palk'yŏjyŏtta"
  • "Sve je osvetljeno : roman"
  • "Tout est illuminé"
  • "Ogni cosa è illuminata"
  • "Ogni cosa è illuminata"@it
  • "Alles ist erleuchtet : Roman"
  • "Everything is illuminated = Polnaia illiuminatsiia"
  • "Tot està il·luminat"@ca
  • "Alt bliver oplyst : en roman"@da
  • "Naprosto osvetleno"
  • "Ogni cosa e illuminata"
  • "Todo está iluminado"
  • "Todo está iluminado"@es
  • "Полная иллюминация"
  • "Naprosto osvětleno"
  • "Tout est illuminé : roman"
  • "Vse i︠a︡sno : roman"
  • "Tot està ill̃uminat"
  • "Everything is Illuminated"@en
  • "Everything is Illuminated"
  • "Kaikki valaistuu"@fi
  • "ha-Kol Muʼar"
  • "Everything Is Illuminated"
  • "Everything Is Illuminated"@en
  • "Everything is illuminated : a novel"@en
  • "Everything is illuminated : a novel"
  • "Allt är upplyst"@sv
  • "Ogni cosa è illuminata : romanzo"@it
  • "Polnai︠a︡ illi︠u︡minat︠s︡ii︠a︡"
  • "Everything is illuminated"
  • "Everything is illuminated"@en
  • "Hal-kol momar"

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