Extremely imaginative and incredibly clever in weaving together the horror of the World Trade Center with the devastating bombing of Dresden, Foer’s new book, though not a Jewish story, magically resonates with a Jewish sensibility. Second novels, particularly those that follow the kind of blockbuster success 24-year old Jonathan Safran Foer enjoyed for Everything Is illuminated, bear burdens, or, as the inventive central character in Foer’s new book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close would say, “heavy boots.” Foer’s new linguistic tour de force beautifully surpasses his debut novel, even as it tries a bit too hard to be distinctive by adding illustrations (blurry photos and graphic design) to a text that doesn’t need them.
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