Everything Is Illuminated
About this book
A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, however, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into new forms; a 'blind' old man haunted by memories of the war; and an undersexed guide dog named Sammy Davis, Jr, Jr. What they are looking for seems elusive - a truth hidden behind veils of time, language and the horrors of war. What they find turns all their worlds upside down..
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 185163 readers · 288 pages · ≈ 5 h 20 m · Light
How long does it take to read Everything Is Illuminated?
About ≈ 5 h 20 m — 288 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Everything Is Illuminated?
288 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Everything Is Illuminated?
It sits on the History, Fiction shelves.
Has Everything Is Illuminated been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include Everything Is Illuminated (2005).
Is Everything Is Illuminated in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does Everything Is Illuminated take place?
It is set in Ukraine, Amerikaner, Juden during German occupation 1941-1944, Geschichte 1997, Geschichte 1942.
Who wrote Everything Is Illuminated?
Jonathan Safran Foer (1977–0).