Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-

Everything is illuminated / Jonathan Safran Foer. - New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2003, c2002. - 276 p. ; 21 cm.

With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man--also named Jonathan Safran Foer--sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war; an amorous dog named Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior; and the unforgettable Alex, a young Ukranian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English, Jonathan is led on a quixotic journey over a devastated landscape and into an unexpected past.

ISBN: 0060529709 9780060529703 (tr. pbk.)

LCCN: 2002038766

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Americans--Ukraine--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Ukraine--Fiction.
Grandfathers--Fiction.
Novelists--Fiction.
Young men--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ukraine--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Humorous fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.

LC Class. No.: PS3606.O38 / E84 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6