by Jonathan Safran Foer · Penguin Books, Limited (UK) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141012698
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In 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close', nine-year-old Oskar Schell, an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies, embarks on a poignant and deeply personal quest. Following the loss of his father in the September 11th attacks, Oskar discovers a mysterious key in his father's closet. Convinced that this key holds the clue to unlocking a final message or purpose from his father, he ventures through the five boroughs of New York, encountering a variety of strangers and delving into history, from the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima to an inward journey that brings him closer to peace.
Jonathan Safran Foer is an American novelist. He is known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005), Here I Am (2016), and for his non-fiction works Eating Animals (2009) and We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (2019). He teaches creative writing at New York University.
