Jonathan Safran Foer writes literary fiction that uses unusual structures, visual devices and shifts in voice to approach family history, grief and inherited trauma. Everything Is Illuminated alternates between a young American named Jonathan searching Ukraine for the woman who helped his grandfather during the Holocaust and the comic, imperfect English of his guide Alex, alongside an invented history of a Jewish village. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close follows nine-year-old Oskar Schell through New York after his father's death in the September 11 attacks, using photographs, typography and documents as part of the narrative. Foer also writes non-fiction about food and climate. Everything Is Illuminated is the clearest example of Foer's shifting voices and invented documents, while Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close pushes the visual side of his fiction further through photographs, typography and page design. Read more Less
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