Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005) (edit title/settings)

leighkaisen edited the summary of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Monday, September 19, 2011.

• Oskar Schell is a nine-year-old boy who lost his father in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. After finding a mysterious key in his father's closet, Oskar goes on a search to find the matching lock. His journey takes him to unusual places in the city for a nine-year-old boy, and he meets many other people who also have experienced loss. The book offers many points of view, and is told across different times. The dominant theme is recovering from a loss.

  Opening with the honest wondering, What about a teakettle?, Jonathan Safran Foer’s second novel is told through the wonderfully imaginative stream of consciousness of Oskar Schell, an extraordinarily aware nine-year-old inventor who searches New York for the meaning of a mysterious key that belonged to his father whom he lost in the September 11 attacks. What begins as an impossible feat becomes a compellingly layered story that reaches back to Oskar’s grandparents, deeply affected by the WWII bombings of Dresden. In addition to Foer’s quirky yet sensitive prose, there are occasional pages filled with photographs, images of handwritten inscriptions, illegibly overtyped text and passages proofmarked with red ink, all leading up to Foer’s beautiful finale. Innovative and refreshing, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close should not be overlooked. The combination of a brilliant child protagonist and the poignant, real-life truths he realizes makes Foer’s engaging novel unforgettable.

Nicole edited the summary of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Tuesday, August 9, 2011.

• Oskar Schell is a nine-year-old boy who lost his father in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. After finding a mysterious key in his father's closet, Oskar goes on a search to find the matching lock. His journey takes him to unusual places in the city for a nine-year-old boy, and he meets many other people who also have experienced loss. The book offers many points of veiw,view, and is told across different times. The dominant theme is recovering from a loss.

Paige edited the summary of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Friday, June 17, 2011.

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Steven P edited the summary of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Friday, January 8, 2010.

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cat a edited the summary of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Tuesday, December 8, 2009.

• the book is about Oskar Schell a 9 year old boy who lost his father in the 9-11 attacks and goes on a search to find the lock of the key he found in his fathers closet after he died. on his journey he meets many other people who also have experienced loss. there are alot of themes in the book but the main one is loss. there are alot of points of veiws to this story and they are told in different times. the book is all about journey and recovering from a loss.