ジョナサン・サフラン・フォア

『ものすごくうるさくて、ありえないほど近い』は、2005年に発表されたジョナサン・サフラン・フォアによる小説。2001年のアメリカ同時多発テロ事件を背景としており、この事件で父親を失った9歳の少年オスカー・シェルが、父の遺品から見つけた鍵の秘密を探るためにニューヨーク中を探るという物語である。作品ではオスカーを語り手とする主軸の物語とともに、失踪したオスカーの祖父がまだ生まれぬ息子に当てて書いた手記、オスカーの祖母による回想が交互に差し挟まれており、二人が体験したドレスデンにおける空爆の悲劇が911の悲劇と重ねあわされる。 …

Everything Is Illuminated is the first novel by the American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, published in 2002. It was adapted into a film by the same name starring Elijah Wood and Eugene Hütz in 2005. The book's writing and structure received critical acclaim for the manner in which it switches between two stories, both …

Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between omnivore and vegetarian. But on the brink of fatherhood-facing the prospect of having to make dietary choices on a child's behalf-his casual questioning took on an urgency His quest for answers ultimately required him to visit factory …

Presents a collection of hypothetical and satirical terms and phrases that may be sometime in the future, when the Bush administration is not in power.

Tree of Codes is a haunting new story by best-selling American writer, Jonathan Safran Foer. With a different die-cut on every page, Tree of Codes explores previously unchartered literary territory. Initially deemed impossible to make, the book is a first as much a sculptural object as it is a work of masterful …

Jonathan Safran Foer is back (after eleven years) and may be better than ever. While Everything Is Illuminated remains one of my favorite books, Here I Am will also be added to the list. Classic JSF with a powerfully personal touch, this novel will make you laugh, challenge your perceptions, and truly just impress. …

Jonathan Safran Foer presents a new edition of the sacred Jewish Haggadah Read each year around the Seder table, the Haggadah recounts through prayer and song the extraordinary story of Exodus, when Moses led the ancient Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to wander through the desert for forty years before reaching …