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Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Celebrating Jewish Heritage (SCPL)
Jewish American Heritage (adults)
Jewish American Heritage Month
OBD Jewish American Heritage Month - ADULT
Jewish American Heritage (adults)
Jewish American Heritage Month
OBD Jewish American Heritage Month - ADULT
Description
With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man - also named Jonathan Safran Foer - sets out to find the woman who might or might 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...
Author
Series
21) volume 24
Language
Español
Description
Jonathan is a Jewish college student searching Europe for the one person he believes can explain his roots. Alex, a lover of all things American and unsurpassed butcher of the English language, is his lovable Ukrainian guide. On their quixotic quest, the two young men look for Augustine, a woman who might have saved Jonathan's grandfather from the Nazis. As past and present merge, hysterically funny moments collide with episodes of great tragedy --...
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