Extremely loud & incredibly close
Foer, Jonathan Safran
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Summary: Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.(Publisher)Custom 1
Author notes;Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977) is an American author best known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005). He was born in Washington, D.C. and attended Georgetown Day School and Princeton University.
In 2000, Foer was awarded the Zoetrope: All-Story Fiction Prize and in 2007 he was included in Granta's Best of Young American Novelists.
His forthcoming nonfiction book is entitled, Eating Animals. His title Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close made The N.Y. Times Best Seller List for 2012.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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NCEA2, NCEA3| Location | edition | Bar Code | due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | A00129104 |
| Dewey: | F |
| call #: | FOE SEN |
| ISBN: | 9780241957608 |
| pub: | 2011 |
| Type: |  |