By conflating these concepts, his novels evoke an original, structural trauma, which problematises the practical imperative of trauma theory to work through trauma. Foer's signature motif of 'holes' alludes not only to trauma but also to post-structural theories of language and a postmodern sense of the absence of an all-synthesising paradigm of truth. This paper argues that these novels give rise to implications that are difficult to reconcile with that theory. OL5738260W Page_number_confidence 93.84 Pages 294 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200929170313 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 646 Scandate 20200927081633 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780060529703 Tts_version 4.Abstract: Jonathan Safran Foer's novels Everything is illuminated and Extremely loud and incredibly close are commonly read as trauma fiction-works that incorporate insights from literary trauma theory. By turns comic and tragic, but always passionate, wildly inventive, and touched with an indelible humanity, this debut novel is a powerful, deeply felt story of searching: for the past, family, and truthĪmerican college student Jonathan Foer sets out, along with travel agent Alex Perchov, Alex's depressive grandfather, and the family dog, in an attempt to find the village where a Ukranian woman might or might not have saved Jonathan's grandfatherĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:06:04 Boxid IA1949807 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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 and into an unexpected past. With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man, also named Jonathan Safran Foer, sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Hilarious, energetic, and profoundly touching, a debut novel follows a young writer as he travels to the farmlands of Eastern Europe, where he embarks on a quest to find Augustine, the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis, and, guided by his young Ukrainian translator, he discovers an unexpected past that will resonate far into the future.
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