Here I Am |
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| Author:
| Foer, Jonathan Safran |
| ISBN: | 978-0-241-14617-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2016 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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| Imprint: | Hamish Hamilton |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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The New York Timesbestselling new novel about modern family lives -- from the author of Everything Is Illuminatedand Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jacob and Julia Bloch have a problem - several problems, in fact. While they've been coaxing Jacob's grandfather into a retirement home, bracing themselves for a family reunion, and struggling to keep their eldest son from being expelled, a discovery is made that risks destroying their...
More Description The New York Timesbestselling new novel about modern family lives -- from the author of Everything Is Illuminatedand Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jacob and Julia Bloch have a problem - several problems, in fact.
While they've been coaxing Jacob's grandfather into a retirement home, bracing themselves for a family reunion, and struggling to keep their eldest son from being expelled, a discovery is made that risks destroying their marriage.
As domestic crises multiply in the foreground, a global disaster is looming on the horizon. The Bloch family is collapsing and so is the Middle East where a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict - and every man, woman and child must decide where they will stand.
Here I Ammarks an ambitious new departure for Jonathan Safran Foer, achieving extraordinary scope and emotional resonance while maintaining the trademark inventiveness and irreverence of his much-loved previous novels. Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human, Here I Amis a great American novel for our times, a masterpiece about how we live now.