Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

A Novel

326 pages

English language

Published April 4, 2006 by Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin.

ISBN:
978-0-618-71165-9
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OCLC Number:
66462783

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4 stars (1 review)

A new novel by the author of Everything Is Illuminated introduces Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center bombing who searches the city for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind. Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history. What he discovers is solace in that most human quality, imagination. Meet Oskar Schell, an inventor, Francophile, tambourine player, Shakespearean actor, jeweler, pacifist, correspondent with Stephen Hawking and Ringo Starr. He is nine years old. And he is on an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New York. His mission is to find the lock that fits a mysterious key belonging to his father, who died in the World Trade …

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4 stars

I felt like Oskar's discourse got cheesy or contrite at some points but regardless its worthwhile fiction read. I give it 4 starts because i didn't fully finish it and it took me a long time to read. I didn't necessarily find it "edge-of-my-seat-captivating-can't-put-it-down" style for me but i could see someone with a better attention span/ calmer than me to love this book.