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9780374280024 English 0374280029 A monumental new novel from the bestselling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" before asking him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am." How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years--a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy. Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia Bloch and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the meaning of home--and the fundamental question of how much aliveness one can bear. Showcasing the same high-energy inventiveness, hilarious irreverence, and emotional urgency that readers loved in his earlier work, Here I Am is Foer's most searching, hard-hitting, and grandly entertaining novel yet. It not only confirms Foer's stature as a dazzling literary talent but reveals a novelist who has fully come into his own as one of our most important writers., In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am."How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years - a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy.Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks, in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the very meaning of home - and the fundamental question of how much life one can bear.Showcasing the same high-energy inventiveness, hilarious irreverence, and emotional urgency that readers and critics loved in his earlier work, Here I Am is Foer's most searching, hard-hitting, and grandly entertaining novel yet. It not only confirms Foer's stature as a dazzling literary talent but reveals a mature novelist who has fully come into his own as one of the most important writers of his generation., Instant New York Times Bestseller " Dazzling . . . A profound novel about the claims of identity, history, family, and the burdens of a broken world." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR' s " Fresh Air" In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" before asking him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am." How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years--a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy. Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia Bloch and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the meaning of home--and the fundamental question of how much aliveness one can bear. Showcasing the same high-energy inventiveness, hilarious irreverence, and emotional urgency that readers loved in his earlier work, Here I Am is Foer's most searching, hard-hitting, and grandly entertaining novel yet. It not only confirms Foer's stature as a dazzling literary talent but reveals a novelist who has fully come into his own as one of our most important writers., On the publication of Jonathan Safran Foer's bestselling and prize-winning debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated , the critical acclaim verged on the ecstatic. The Washington Post declared: "Read it, and you'll feel altered, chastened - seared in the fire of something new." Janet Maslin, in The New York Times , called it a "dazzling literary high-wire act . . . Brilliant." Foer's next novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close , which was made into a film produced by Scott Rudin, had a similar impact, going on to become a breakout bestseller. Now, more than than ten years after his second novel, Foer returns with a powerful and hard-hitting new work of fiction that signals a startlingly mature talent. Set in Washington, DC, during four weeks when a catastrophic earthquake in the Middle East triggers a pan-Arab invasion of Israel, TK TK is the story of the unraveling of the Bloch family. Jacob is a novelist-turned-TV-writer who is unable to create the great work about American Jewish life that has possessed him for years - and who struggles to inhabit his own life. Julia is a disappointed architect who must confront the incremental distances that have over time separated the life she imagined for herself from the life she is living. Their three sons - Sam, Max, and Benjy - face the everyday tragedies that make up life in the Bloch family. Each of them is broken; each of them is hopeful. Each is ultimately confronted with the question of what it means to be at home in the world - what it means to be a husband, a father; a wife, a mother; a son; an American Jew. Displaying the high-energy inventiveness of Foer's earlier work but marking a significant leap into a new mode of storytelling, TK TK is a work of great depth and seriousness, a major new novel by a writer who has already established himself as one of the most important of his generation., On the publication of Jonathan Safran Foer's bestselling and prizewinning debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated , the critical acclaim verged on the ecstatic. The Washington Post declared: "Read it, and you'll feel altered, chastened - seared in the fire of something new." Janet Maslin, in The New York Times , called it a "dazzling literary high-wire act . . . Brilliant." Foer's next novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close , which was made into a film produced by Scott Rudin, had a similar impact and became a breakout bestseller. Now, more than than ten years after his second novel, Foer returns with a powerful and hard-hitting new work of fiction that signals a startlingly mature talent. Set in Washington, D.C., during four weeks when a catastrophic earthquake in the Middle East triggers a pan-Arab invasion of Israel, Here I Am is the story of the unraveling of the Bloch family. Jacob is a novelist turned TV writer who is unable to create the great work about American Jewish life that has possessed him for years, and who struggles to inhabit his own life. Julia is a disappointed architect who must confront the incremental distances that have over time separated the life she imagined for herself from the life she is living. Their three sons - Sam, Max, and Benjy - face the everyday tragedies that make up life in the Bloch family. Each of them is broken; each of them is hopeful. Each is ultimately confronted with the question of what it means to be at home in the world - what it means to be a husband, a father; a wife, a mother; a son; an American Jew. Displaying the high-energy inventiveness of Foer's earlier work but marking a significant leap into a new mode of storytelling, Here I Am is a work of great depth and seriousness, a major new novel by a writer who has already established himself as one of the most important of his generation.
9780374280024 English 0374280029 A monumental new novel from the bestselling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" before asking him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am." How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years--a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy. Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia Bloch and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the meaning of home--and the fundamental question of how much aliveness one can bear. Showcasing the same high-energy inventiveness, hilarious irreverence, and emotional urgency that readers loved in his earlier work, Here I Am is Foer's most searching, hard-hitting, and grandly entertaining novel yet. It not only confirms Foer's stature as a dazzling literary talent but reveals a novelist who has fully come into his own as one of our most important writers., In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am."How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years - a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy.Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks, in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the very meaning of home - and the fundamental question of how much life one can bear.Showcasing the same high-energy inventiveness, hilarious irreverence, and emotional urgency that readers and critics loved in his earlier work, Here I Am is Foer's most searching, hard-hitting, and grandly entertaining novel yet. It not only confirms Foer's stature as a dazzling literary talent but reveals a mature novelist who has fully come into his own as one of the most important writers of his generation., Instant New York Times Bestseller " Dazzling . . . A profound novel about the claims of identity, history, family, and the burdens of a broken world." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR' s " Fresh Air" In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" before asking him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am." How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years--a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy. Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia Bloch and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the meaning of home--and the fundamental question of how much aliveness one can bear. Showcasing the same high-energy inventiveness, hilarious irreverence, and emotional urgency that readers loved in his earlier work, Here I Am is Foer's most searching, hard-hitting, and grandly entertaining novel yet. It not only confirms Foer's stature as a dazzling literary talent but reveals a novelist who has fully come into his own as one of our most important writers., On the publication of Jonathan Safran Foer's bestselling and prize-winning debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated , the critical acclaim verged on the ecstatic. The Washington Post declared: "Read it, and you'll feel altered, chastened - seared in the fire of something new." Janet Maslin, in The New York Times , called it a "dazzling literary high-wire act . . . Brilliant." Foer's next novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close , which was made into a film produced by Scott Rudin, had a similar impact, going on to become a breakout bestseller. Now, more than than ten years after his second novel, Foer returns with a powerful and hard-hitting new work of fiction that signals a startlingly mature talent. Set in Washington, DC, during four weeks when a catastrophic earthquake in the Middle East triggers a pan-Arab invasion of Israel, TK TK is the story of the unraveling of the Bloch family. Jacob is a novelist-turned-TV-writer who is unable to create the great work about American Jewish life that has possessed him for years - and who struggles to inhabit his own life. Julia is a disappointed architect who must confront the incremental distances that have over time separated the life she imagined for herself from the life she is living. Their three sons - Sam, Max, and Benjy - face the everyday tragedies that make up life in the Bloch family. Each of them is broken; each of them is hopeful. Each is ultimately confronted with the question of what it means to be at home in the world - what it means to be a husband, a father; a wife, a mother; a son; an American Jew. Displaying the high-energy inventiveness of Foer's earlier work but marking a significant leap into a new mode of storytelling, TK TK is a work of great depth and seriousness, a major new novel by a writer who has already established himself as one of the most important of his generation., On the publication of Jonathan Safran Foer's bestselling and prizewinning debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated , the critical acclaim verged on the ecstatic. The Washington Post declared: "Read it, and you'll feel altered, chastened - seared in the fire of something new." Janet Maslin, in The New York Times , called it a "dazzling literary high-wire act . . . Brilliant." Foer's next novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close , which was made into a film produced by Scott Rudin, had a similar impact and became a breakout bestseller. Now, more than than ten years after his second novel, Foer returns with a powerful and hard-hitting new work of fiction that signals a startlingly mature talent. Set in Washington, D.C., during four weeks when a catastrophic earthquake in the Middle East triggers a pan-Arab invasion of Israel, Here I Am is the story of the unraveling of the Bloch family. Jacob is a novelist turned TV writer who is unable to create the great work about American Jewish life that has possessed him for years, and who struggles to inhabit his own life. Julia is a disappointed architect who must confront the incremental distances that have over time separated the life she imagined for herself from the life she is living. Their three sons - Sam, Max, and Benjy - face the everyday tragedies that make up life in the Bloch family. Each of them is broken; each of them is hopeful. Each is ultimately confronted with the question of what it means to be at home in the world - what it means to be a husband, a father; a wife, a mother; a son; an American Jew. Displaying the high-energy inventiveness of Foer's earlier work but marking a significant leap into a new mode of storytelling, Here I Am is a work of great depth and seriousness, a major new novel by a writer who has already established himself as one of the most important of his generation.