Bibliograph

Here I am, a novel, Jonathan Safran Foer

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Here I am, a novel, Jonathan Safran Foer

Language

eng

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Literary Form

novels

Main title

Here I am

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Safran Foer

Sub title

a novel

Summary

This is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. Over the course of three weeks in present-day Washington, D. C., three sons watch their parents' marriage falter and their family home fall apart. Meanwhile, a large catastrophe is engulfing another part of the world: a massive earthquake devastates the Middle East, sparking a pan-Arab invasion of Israel. With global upheaval in the background and domestic collapse in the foreground, Foer asks us: What is the true meaning of home? Can one man ever reconcile the conflicting duties of his many roles? And how much of life can a person ultimately bear?

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