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. Excerpt in The New Yorker.
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. Excerpt in The New Yorker.
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Contemporary American fiction was significantly shaped in the early 2000s by inventive narrative structures addressing historical trauma and personal grief, most prominently showcased in the award-winning novel Everything Is Illuminated. Author Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as a prominent voice in modern literature through his distinct blend of emotional sincerity and formal experimentation.
Born on February 21, 1977, in Washington, D.C., Jonathan Safran Foer established his career with his debut novel Everything Is Illuminated (2002), which received the Guardian First Book Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, and the New York Public Library Young Lions Prize, while also being named Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times. He followed this success with his second novel, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005), which examines the aftermath of September 11 through the perspective of a young boy in New York City. Both novels were adapted into major motion pictures, with the film adaptation of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
In addition to his fiction, which includes the 2016 novel Here I Am, Foer has published influential non-fiction works such as Eating Animals (2009), an investigation into the ethics of meat consumption, and We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (2019), which addresses the impact of dietary choices on climate change. Recognized on early-career lists by The New Yorker, Esquire, and Rolling Stone, Foer currently serves as the Lillian Vernon Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at New York University and resides in Brooklyn.
Foer's work frequently examines themes of memory, intergenerational trauma, family identity, and moral responsibility, blending deeply personal narratives with broader societal and environmental issues. His narrative style often incorporates inventive visual design, non-traditional typography, and shifting viewpoints to explore the limits of expression when confronting grief and historical tragedy. Across both his novels and non-fiction books, Foer balances emotional depth with rigorous ethical inquiries into contemporary choices.
4 books in catalog
Contemporary American fiction was significantly shaped in the early 2000s by inventive narrative structures addressing historical trauma and personal grief, most prominently showcased in the award-winning novel Everything Is Illuminated. Author Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as a prominent voice in modern literature through his distinct blend of emotional sincerity and formal experimentation.
Born on February 21, 1977, in Washington, D.C., Jonathan Safran Foer established his career with his debut novel Everything Is Illuminated (2002), which received the Guardian First Book Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, and the New York Public Library Young Lions Prize, while also being named Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times. He followed this success with his second novel, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005), which examines the aftermath of September 11 through the perspective of a young boy in New York City. Both novels were adapted into major motion pictures, with the film adaptation of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
In addition to his fiction, which includes the 2016 novel Here I Am, Foer has published influential non-fiction works such as Eating Animals (2009), an investigation into the ethics of meat consumption, and We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (2019), which addresses the impact of dietary choices on climate change. Recognized on early-career lists by The New Yorker, Esquire, and Rolling Stone, Foer currently serves as the Lillian Vernon Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at New York University and resides in Brooklyn.
Foer's work frequently examines themes of memory, intergenerational trauma, family identity, and moral responsibility, blending deeply personal narratives with broader societal and environmental issues. His narrative style often incorporates inventive visual design, non-traditional typography, and shifting viewpoints to explore the limits of expression when confronting grief and historical tragedy. Across both his novels and non-fiction books, Foer balances emotional depth with rigorous ethical inquiries into contemporary choices.
