FICTION: Extremely loud & incredibly close
Extremely loud & incredibly close By Jonathan Safran Foer 2005, 326 pages This book has to be read in paper form, not ereaders, so that justice can be given to its form. The book is peppered with photographs, inserted letters & calling card, one-sentence pages, codes and many more with the grand exit of flip pages at the end. There is sadness all throughout the journey of Oskar who has a mission to accomplish which he believed to have been left by his father who suddenly died in 9/11. But Oskar is a 9 year old who knows a lot of things and invented many made us smile with his innocent antics and childlike ideas and expressions. While looking for the lock of the key for eight months, Oskar unlocked many faces along the way, strangers and kin alike. He also made friends with some. Oskar also uncovered an important past in the life of his father too which will be important to his future. LAST WORD: As for the message to the world, war and violence make orphans of us a
