Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
$42.91
- Paperback
326 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2006
Summary
A funny, uplifting coming-of-age story about a boy’s journey through New York in the aftermath of September 11th from one of today’s most celebrated writers.
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell embarks on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780618711659 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0618711651 |
| Author: | Jonathan Safran Foer |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin |
| Imprint: | Mariner Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 326 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2006 |
| Weight: | 444g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm |
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Critics Review
“Energetic, inventive, and ambitious…an uplifting myth born of the sorrows of 9⁄11.”–Boston Sunday Globe “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a miracle, a daybreak, a man on the moon. It’s so impeccably imagined, so courageously executed, so everlastingly moving and fine.”–Baltimore Sun “A funny, wise, deeply compassionate novel that will renew readers’ faith that the right book at the right time still has the power to change the world.”–O, The Oprah Magazine
About The Author
Jonathan Safran Foer
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER is the author of the novels Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and a work of nonfiction, Eating Animals. His books have won numerous awards and have been translated into 36 languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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