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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ADAPTED INTO A FEATURE FILM WITH TOM
HANKS From the critically acclaimed author of Here I Am, Everything
is Illuminated and We are the Weather - a heartrending and
unforgettable novel set in the aftermath of the 9/11 'Utterly
engaging, hugely involving, tragic, funny and intensely moving... A
heartbreaker' Spectator 'The most incredible fictional
nine-year-old ever created... a funny, heart-rending portrayal of a
child coping with disaster. It will have you biting back the tears'
Glamour 'Pulsates with dazzling ideas' Times Literary Supplement
'It's a miracle... So impeccably imagined, so courageously
executed, so everlastingly moving' Baltimore Sun 'Jonathan Safran
Foer is a writer of considerable brilliance' Observer In a vase in
a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11,
nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key... The key belonged to his
father, he's sure of that. But which of New York's 162 million
locks does it open? So begins a quest that takes Oskar - inventor,
letter-writer and amateur detective - across New York's five
boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives and
complete strangers. He gets heavy boots, he gives himself little
bruises and he inches ever nearer to the heart of a family mystery
that stretches back fifty years. But will it take him any closer
to, or even further from, his lost father?
Like many young Americans, Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his
teenage and college years oscillating between enthusiastic
carnivore and occasional vegetarian. As he became a husband, and
then a father, the moral dimensions of eating became increasingly
important to him. Faced with the prospect of being unable to
explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to
explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions
involved with creating them.
Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises
the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chicken we
fry, and every burger we grill. Part memoir and part investigative
report, "Eating Animals" is a book that, in the words of the "Los
Angeles Times," places Jonathan Safran Foer "at the table with our
greatest philosophers."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Everything is Illuminated and
We are the Weather - a rich and moving novel about modern family
lives and the ties that bind 'Towering and glorious: a tale of
social, familial and marital breakdown and the End of the World.
The funniest literary novel I have ever read' The Times 'A rich,
beautifully written, ambitious and grandly moving novel, which
looks both at the world at large and at the deepest concerns of
individual lives' Evening Standard 'Lays bare the interior of a
marriage with such intelligence and deep feeling and pitiless
clarity, it's impossible to read it and not re-examine your own
family' Time 'Astonishing. So sad and so funny and so wry' Scotland
on Sunday Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested . . . By
Jacob's grandfather, who won't go quietly into a retirement home.
By the family reunion, that everyone is dreading. By their son's
heroic attempts to get expelled. And by the sexting affair that
will rock their marriage. A typical modern American family, the
Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when
catastrophe decides to strike . . . Confronting the enduring
question of what it means to be human with inventiveness,
playfulness and compassion, Here I Am is a great American family
novel for our times, an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan
Franzen and Michael Chabon, a masterpiece about how we live now.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ADAPTED INTO A FEATURE FILM WITH TOM
HANKS From the critically acclaimed author of Here I Am, Everything
is Illuminated and We are the Weather - a heartrending and
unforgettable novel set in the aftermath of the 9/11 'Utterly
engaging, hugely involving, tragic, funny and intensely moving... A
heartbreaker' Spectator 'The most incredible fictional
nine-year-old ever created... a funny, heart-rending portrayal of a
child coping with disaster. It will have you biting back the tears'
Glamour 'Pulsates with dazzling ideas' Times Literary Supplement
'It's a miracle... So impeccably imagined, so courageously
executed, so everlastingly moving' Baltimore Sun 'Jonathan Safran
Foer is a writer of considerable brilliance' Observer In a vase in
a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11,
nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key... The key belonged to his
father, he's sure of that. But which of New York's 162 million
locks does it open? So begins a quest that takes Oskar - inventor,
letter-writer and amateur detective - across New York's five
boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives and
complete strangers. He gets heavy boots, he gives himself little
bruises and he inches ever nearer to the heart of a family mystery
that stretches back fifty years. But will it take him any closer
to, or even further from, his lost father?
The collected fiction of "one of the most original imaginations in
modern Europe" (Cynthia Ozick)
Bruno Schulz's untimely death at the hands of a Nazi stands as one
of the great losses to modern literature. During his lifetime, his
work found little critical regard, but word of his remarkable
talents gradually won him an international readership. This volume
brings together his complete fiction, including three short stories
and his final surviving work, "Sanatorium Under the Sign of the
Hourglass." Illustrated with Schulz's original drawings, this
edition beautifully showcases the distinctive surrealist vision of
one of the twentieth century's most gifted and influential writers.
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Here I Am (Paperback)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Everything is Illuminated and
We are the Weather - a rich and moving novel about modern family
lives and the ties that bind 'Towering and glorious: a tale of
social, familial and marital breakdown and the End of the World.
The funniest literary novel I have ever read' The Times 'A rich,
beautifully written, ambitious and grandly moving novel, which
looks both at the world at large and at the deepest concerns of
individual lives' Evening Standard 'Lays bare the interior of a
marriage with such intelligence and deep feeling and pitiless
clarity, it's impossible to read it and not re-examine your own
family' Time 'Astonishing. So sad and so funny and so wry' Scotland
on Sunday Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested . . . By
Jacob's grandfather, who won't go quietly into a retirement home.
By the family reunion, that everyone is dreading. By their son's
heroic attempts to get expelled. And by the sexting affair that
will rock their marriage. A typical modern American family, the
Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when
catastrophe decides to strike . . . Confronting the enduring
question of what it means to be human with inventiveness,
playfulness and compassion, Here I Am is a great American family
novel for our times, an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan
Franzen and Michael Chabon, a masterpiece about how we live now.
How Judaism and food are intertwined Judaism is a religion that is
enthusiastic about food. Jewish holidays are inevitably celebrated
through eating particular foods, or around fasting and then eating
particular foods. Through fasting, feasting, dining, and noshing,
food infuses the rich traditions of Judaism into daily life. What
do the complicated laws of kosher food mean to Jews? How does food
in Jewish bellies shape the hearts and minds of Jews? What does the
Jewish relationship with food teach us about Christianity, Islam,
and religion itself? Can food shape the future of Judaism? Feasting
and Fasting explores questions like these to offer an expansive
look at how Judaism and food have been intertwined, both
historically and today. It also grapples with the charged ethical
debates about how food choices reflect competing Jewish values
about community, animals, the natural world and the very meaning of
being human. Encompassing historical, ethnographic, and theoretical
viewpoints, and including contributions dedicated to the religious
dimensions of foods including garlic, Crisco, peanut oil, and wine,
the volume advances the state of both Jewish studies and religious
studies scholarship on food. Bookended with a foreword by the
Jewish historian Hasia Diner and an epilogue by the novelist and
food activist Jonathan Safran Foer, Feasting and Fasting provides a
resource for anyone who hungers to understand how food and religion
intersect.
Oskar Schell is an inventor, Francophile, tambourine player,
Shakespearean actor, jeweler, pacifist. He is nine years old. And
he is on an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New
York to find the lock that fits a mysterious key belonging to his
father, who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of
English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new
illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition
also includes instructions to access supporting material online.
Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and
thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to
bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of
Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference
for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader
help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key
exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test
readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Visit the
Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print edition, readers
can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio
edition, lesson plans and answer keys. Oskar Shell is a clever
nine-year-old boy. When his father is killed in the attacks on the
World Trade Center on September 11th 2001, Oskar wants to learn the
secret about a key that he discovers in his father's closet. His
search takes him on a journey through New York and into the lives
of strangers and relatives. But will it bring him any closer to his
lost father?
NOW A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM NARRATED BY NATALIE PORTMAN From the
bestselling author of the essential new 2019 book on animal
agriculture and climate crisis: We are the Weather Discover
Jonathan Safran Foer's eye-opening and life-changing account of the
meat we eat 'Should be compulsory reading. A genuine masterwork.
Read this book. It will change you' Time Out 'Shocking,
incandescent, brilliant' The Times 'Everyone who eats flesh should
read this book' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 'Universally
compelling. Jonathan Safran Foer's book changed me' Natalie Portman
'Gripping [and] original. A brilliant synthesis of argument,
science and storytelling. One of the finest books ever written on
the subject of eating animals' Times Literary Supplement
'Horrifying, eloquent, timely' Spectator 'If you eat meat and fish,
you should read this book. Even if you don't, you should. It might
bring the beginning of a change of heart about all living things'
Joanna Lumley Eating Animals is the most original and urgent book
on the subject of food written this century. It will change the way
you think, and change the way you eat. For good. Whether you're
flirting with veganuary, trying to cut back on animal consumption,
or a lifelong meat-eater, you need to read this book.
THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING NOVEL ADAPTED INTO A FEATURE FILM
WITH ELIJAH WOOD From the bestselling author of Here I Am,
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and We are the Weather - a
hilarious, life-affirming and utterly original novel about the
search for truth - now available as a pocket-sized Penguin
Essential 'Gripping, hilariously funny and deeply serious. An
astonishing feat of writing' The Times 'One of the most impressive
novel debuts of recent years' Joyce Carol Oates, Times Literary
Supplement 'A first novel of startling originality' Jay McInerney,
Observer 'It seems hard to believe that such a young writer can
have such a deep understanding of both comedy and tragedy' Erica
Wagner, The Times 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, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with
an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre 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...
'Read this book. Saving Planet Earth starts right here, right now'
Stella McCartney From the bestselling author of Eating Animals, a
brilliantly fresh and accessible take on climate change - and what
we can do about it 'Climate change is the greatest crisis humankind
has ever faced. It is that straightforward, that fraught. Where
were you when you made your decision?' It is all too easy to feel
paralysed and hopeless in the face of climate crisis, but the truth
is that every one of us has the power to change history's course.
We have done it before: making collective sacrifices to protect our
freedoms, our families, our way of life. And we can do it again. In
this extraordinarily powerful and deeply personal book, Jonathan
Safran Foer lays bare the battle to save the planet. Calling each
one of us to action, he answers the most urgent question of all:
what will it take for things to change? It all starts with what we
eat for breakfast. 'Eye-opening' New York Times Book Review 'Safran
Foer's new approach gives me hope' Observer
Like many young Americans, Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his
teenage and college years oscillating between enthusiastic
carnivore and occasional vegetarian. As he became a husband, and
then a father, the moral dimensions of eating became increasingly
important to him. Faced with the prospect of being unable to
explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to
explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions
involved with creating them.
Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises
the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chicken we
fry, and every burger we grill. Part memoir and part investigative
report, "Eating Animals" is a book that, in the words of the "Los
Angeles Times," places Jonathan Safran Foer "at the table with our
greatest philosophers."
To reduce risk of pandemics for ourselves, our gaze needs to turn
to the health of animals. Discover Jonathan Safran Foer's
eye-opening and life-changing account of the meat we eat. 'Should
be compulsory reading. A genuine masterwork. Read this book. It
will change you' Time Out Eating Animals is the most original and
urgent book on the subject of food written this century. It will
change the way you think, and change the way you eat. For good.
Whether you're flirting with veganuary, trying to cut back on
animal consumption, or a lifelong meat-eater, you need to read this
book. From the bestselling author of the essential book on animal
agriculture and climate crisis: We are the Weather. 'Shocking,
incandescent, brilliant' The Times 'Everyone who eats flesh should
read this book' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 'Universally
compelling. Jonathan Safran Foer's book changed me' Natalie Portman
'Gripping [and] original. A brilliant synthesis of argument,
science and storytelling. One of the finest books ever written on
the subject of eating animals' Times Literary Supplement 'If you
eat meat and fish, you should read this book. Even if you don't,
you should. It might bring the beginning of a change of heart about
all living things' Joanna Lumley
Human beings have long imagined their subjectivity, ethics, and
ancestry with and through animals, yet not until the mid-twentieth
century did contemporary thought reflect critically on animals'
significance in human self-conception. Thinkers such as French
philosopher Jacques Derrida, South African novelist J. M. Coetzee,
and American theorist Donna Haraway have initiated rigorous
inquiries into the question of the animal, now blossoming in a
number of directions. It is no longer strange to say that if
animals did not exist, we would have to invent them.
This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collection reflects
the growth of animal studies as an independent field and the rise
of "animality" as a critical lens through which to analyze society
and culture, on a par with race and gender. Essays consider the
role of animals in the human imagination and the imagination of the
human; the worldviews of indigenous peoples; animal-human mythology
in early modern China; and political uses of the animal in
postcolonial India. They engage with the theoretical underpinnings
of the animal protection movement, representations of animals in
children's literature, depictions of animals in contemporary art,
and the philosophical positioning of the animal from Aristotle to
Derrida. The strength of this companion lies in its timeliness and
contextual diversity, which makes it essential reading for students
and researchers while further developing the parameters of the
discipline.
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 bizarre 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 …
Jonathan Safran Foer's and Nathan Englander's spectacular
Haggadah-now in paperback.
Upon hardcover publication, NEW AMERICAN HAGGADAH was praised as a
momentous re-envisioning through prayer, song, and ritual of one of
our oldest, most timeless, and sacred stories-Moses leading the
ancient Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to wander the desert for
40 years before reaching the Promised Land. Featuring a new
translation of the traditional text by Nathan Englander and
provocative essays by a collection of major Jewish writers and
thinkers, it was received not only as a religious document but a
magnificent literary and artistic achievement. Now, after two years
of patience, those readers who asked for a paperback edition have
gotten their wish.
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How Judaism and food are intertwined Judaism is a religion that is
enthusiastic about food. Jewish holidays are inevitably celebrated
through eating particular foods, or around fasting and then eating
particular foods. Through fasting, feasting, dining, and noshing,
food infuses the rich traditions of Judaism into daily life. What
do the complicated laws of kosher food mean to Jews? How does food
in Jewish bellies shape the hearts and minds of Jews? What does the
Jewish relationship with food teach us about Christianity, Islam,
and religion itself? Can food shape the future of Judaism? Feasting
and Fasting explores questions like these to offer an expansive
look at how Judaism and food have been intertwined, both
historically and today. It also grapples with the charged ethical
debates about how food choices reflect competing Jewish values
about community, animals, the natural world and the very meaning of
being human. Encompassing historical, ethnographic, and theoretical
viewpoints, and including contributions dedicated to the religious
dimensions of foods including garlic, Crisco, peanut oil, and wine,
the volume advances the state of both Jewish studies and religious
studies scholarship on food. Bookended with a foreword by the
Jewish historian Hasia Diner and an epilogue by the novelist and
food activist Jonathan Safran Foer, Feasting and Fasting provides a
resource for anyone who hungers to understand how food and religion
intersect.
Not since Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has such an
intimately candid, deeply affecting account of a childhood
compromised by Nazi tyranny come to light. As a fourteen-year-old
Jewish boy living in Prague in the early 1940s, Petr Ginz dutifully
kept a diary that captured the increasingly precarious texture of
daily life. His stunningly mature paintings, drawings, and writings
reflect his insatiable appetite for learning and experience and
openly display his growing artistic and literary genius. Petr was
killed in a gas chamber at Auschwitz at the age of sixteen. His
diaries--recently discovered in a Prague attic under extraordinary
circumstances--are an invaluable historical document and a
testament to one remarkable child's insuppressible hunger for life.
In the 19th century, nearly five million Jews lived in the Pale of
Settlement. Most lived in shtetls--Jewish communities connected to
larger towns--images of which are ingrained in popular imagination
as the shtetl Anatevka from Fiddler on the Roof. Brimming with life
and tradition, family and faith, these shtetls existed in the
shadow of their town's oppressive anti-Jewish laws. Not
Trochenbrod. Trochenbrod was the only freestanding, fully realized
Jewish town in history. It began with a few Jewish settlers
searching for freedom from the Russian Czars' oppressive policies,
which included the forced conscriptions of one son from each Jewish
family household throughout Russia. At first, Trochenbrod was just
a tiny row of houses built on empty marshland in the middle of the
Radziwill Forest, yet for the next 130 years it thrived, becoming a
bustling marketplace where people from all over the Ukraine and
Poland came to do business. But this scene of ethnic harmony was
soon shattered, as Trochenbrod vanished in 1941--her residents
slaughtered, her homes, buildings, and factories razed to the
ground. Yet even the Nazis could not destroy the spirit of
Trochenbrod, which has lived on in stories and legends about a
little piece of heaven, hidden deep in the forest. Bendavid-Val,
himself a descendant of Trochenbrod, masterfully preserves and
fosters the memory of this city, celebrating the vibrant lives of
her people and her culture, proving true the words of one of
Trochenbrod's greatest poets, Yisrael Beider: I beg you hold fast
to these words of mine. After this darkness a light will shine
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