Description
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer is an inventive and deeply moving novel about grief, family secrets and the search for connection in the aftermath of loss.
Two years after his father dies in the September 11 attacks, nine-year-old Oskar Schell discovers a mysterious key hidden in a vase in his father’s closet. Convinced it must unlock something his father left behind, Oskar sets out to find the lock it belongs to. His search takes him across New York’s five boroughs, bringing him into contact with an extraordinary range of people and drawing him into a family mystery that reaches back half a century.
Curious, imaginative and determined, Oskar tries to make sense of a world that no longer feels safe. Through his journey, the novel explores the many ways people experience grief, the difficulty of communicating what hurts and the small connections that help us carry on. Its unconventional storytelling and distinctive narrative voices make this a memorable portrait of a family trying to find its way through loss.
