Oskar Schell, living in New York, is nine years old and precocious (his interests range from astrophysics to playing the tambourine), and all his intelligence is called into play when his father dies in the destruction of the World Trade Center. Left with an envelope containing a key and a one-word clue, Oskar tries to find out what door the key opens. In the end, he is successful, after a city-wide odyssey that also includes a mysterious man in Germany, Oskar''s grandmother, a production of HAMLET at his school, and the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. Oskar''s tale is supplemented with the musings of some of the other characters, including his grandfather, whose description of his survival of the bombing of Dresden is an unforgettable chapter. Jonathan Safran Foer enriches his intriguing novel with the very postmodern device of illustrations--intriguing in themselves--that illuminate the story.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Dk
ISBN: 9780241142141
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 320
Tiempo de lectura:
6h 35m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 11/02/2005
Año de edición: 2005
Plaza de edición: London
Alto: 23.0 cm
Ancho: 15.0 cm
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer es autor de las novelas Todo está iluminado y Tan fuerte, tan cerca. Ha sido galardonado con el Zoetrope: All-Story Fiction Prize, el New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award y fue incluido en la lista de los mejores novelistas jóvenes norteamericanos publicada por Granta. Su obra ha sido traducida a treinta y seis idiomas.