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Everything Is Illuminated
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Jonathan Safran Foer
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Canonical Title
Everything Is Illuminated
Original publication date
2002
People/Characters
Jonathan Safran Foer (Jonfen)
Alex Perchov
Alex's Grandfather
Augustine
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Sammy Davis Jr Jr
Little Igor
Alex's Father
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Trachimbrod, Ukraine
Odessa, Ukraine
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Holocaust
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National Jewish Book Award ( 2001 )
Guardian First Book Award (2002)
Pajiba's Best Books of the Generation (2007, No 08)
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008 Edition)
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Young Lions Fiction Award (2003)
New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 2002)
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Simply and impossibly: For My Family
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My legal name is Alexander Perchov.
Quotations
One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.
The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad.
What is wrong with you?
Nothing, I just don't eat meat!
Grandfather informs me that is not possible.
With writing, we have second chances.
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I will walk without noise, and I will open the door in darkness, and I will
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