Here I Am
A Novel
In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, Abraham, to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, Here I am. Later, when Isaac calls out, Father, to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, Here I am.How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we be fully present to ourselves when we owe so much to others? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years.Unfolding over three tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of cr…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-374-93821-5
- EAN: 9780374938215
- Produktnummer: 19581291
- Verlag: Macmillan USA
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 571 S.
- Masse: H23.0 cm x B15.4 cm x D4.0 cm 724 g
- Gewicht: 724
Über den Autor
Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of two bestselling, award-winning novels, Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and the bestselling work of nonfiction, Eating Animals. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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