Literary Fiction· United States
Here I Am
by Jonathan Safran FoerAggregate Editorial Score72/100
★Costa Book Award
Published 2016English
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Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer is a landmark work of literary fiction, first published in 2016. A failing marriage, a bar mitzvah, and a catastrophic earthquake in the Middle East force a Jewish-American family to grapple with identity, loyalty, and what it means to be present. Foer's sprawling, ambitious third novel is a meditation on the disintegration of family and Jewish identity. Themes of marriage, Jewish identity, family run through the work. The book has received recognition from Costa Book Award 2016.
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📖 Literary Fiction
Character-driven fiction that prioritises style, theme, and psychological depth.
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