Here I Am - Hardcover

Foer, Jonathan Safran

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ISBN 10: 0735232938 ISBN 13: 9780735232938

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2016

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Longlisted for the 2017 International Dylan Thomas Prize

God asked Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac, and Abraham replied obediently, "Here I am."

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, Jonathan Safran Foer asks us: What is the true meaning of home? Can one man ever reconcile the conflicting duties of his many roles– husband, father, son? And how much of life can a person ultimately bear?

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An Amazon Best Book of September 2016: 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. Here I Am follows an already fragile family in crisis, and examines how they approach their fractured marriage through their religious identity as Jewish Americans and Israelis, as well as how each individual within a relationship takes on specific roles, and why. Fans of JSF get ready to swoon, and to those who aren't fans yet--get ready to become one. --Penny Mann, The Amazon Book Review

About the Author:

JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER was born in 1977 in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the award-winning novels Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as well as the non-fiction Eating Animals. He has also edited a new modern edition of the sacred Jewish Haggadah. His stories have been published in The Paris Review, Conjunctions, and The New Yorker. Foer teaches Creative Writing at New York University.

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