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Type: fiction

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Author: Jonathan Safran Foer

Description: This book is three stories in one. There is the present told from the point of view of Jonathan,This book is three stories in one. There is the present told from the point of view of Jonathan, the present told from the point of view of a Ukranian translator, Alex, and the past, told through dreams and stories. It can sometimes be a challenging read - some of it is written in broken English, and some flashbacks are heavily peppered with Yiddish phrases - but the book is so beautiful it's worth the extra bit of effort....

2007-10-15