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Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Mar 14, 10
Read from February 28 to March 13, 2010
Probably the most amazing book about memory and family, I've read yet. It wasn't an easy read for me, Alex's letters and narrative were like reading "joual" for me. To read it I have to hear it. It's good that I watched the movie, (the story is different in both movie and book, both good but different) a few years ago. I was able to hear and read Alex's tales.
Some of the descriptions are violently graphic. There's an underlining violence all through the book, some you expect it's a story about WW2 but the violence in the present (Alex's family) and in the past (Jonathan's family) were as difficult to read about as the acts of German soldiers.
Happy I read it but I don't think I'll read it again. I don't need to, the images it created will stay in my memory for a long time.
Some of the descriptions are violently graphic. There's an underlining violence all through the book, some you expect it's a story about WW2 but the violence in the present (Alex's family) and in the past (Jonathan's family) were as difficult to read about as the acts of German soldiers.
Happy I read it but I don't think I'll read it again. I don't need to, the images it created will stay in my memory for a long time.
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Reading Progress
| 03/13/2010 | page 215 |
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77.9% | |
| 03/05/2010 | page 27 |
|
9.78% | "This is one book where having watched the movie helps a lot. I can "hear" Alex talk so clearly." |
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