Condition: Good: Good condition for a used book! Some wear. See images for the condition of this book.
Blurb: 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 Ukrainian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English, Jonathan is led on a quixotic journey over a devastated landscape and into an unexpected past.
By turns comic and tragic, but always passionate, wildly inventive, and touched with an indelible humanity, this debut novel is a powerful, deeply felt story of searching: for the past, family, and truth.
Awards: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2003),
Guardian First Book Award (2002),
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize (2004),
William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for Fiction (2003),
Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Rolf Heyne Buchpreis (2003)
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Blurb: 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 Ukrainian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English, Jonathan is led on a quixotic journey over a devastated landscape and into an unexpected past.
By turns comic and tragic, but always passionate, wildly inventive, and touched with an indelible humanity, this debut novel is a powerful, deeply felt story of searching: for the past, family, and truth.
Awards: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2003),
Guardian First Book Award (2002),
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize (2004),
William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for Fiction (2003),
Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Rolf Heyne Buchpreis (2003)
Check out our online store for more great resources and learn about our virtual book clubs at postmarkedfromthestars.com.
You can also follow us on social media PostmarkedfromtheStars We have FB, IG, Twitter, and a YouTube channel with sci-fi related content!