Bibliograph

Here I am, Jonathan Safran Foer

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Here I am, Jonathan Safran Foer

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Here I am

Oclc number

944014180

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Safran Foer

Summary

"In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am." How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years... Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks, in present-day Washington, D.C., [this book] is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis."--, Provided by publisher

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