Firstly, let me apologise to all you if you’re a frequent visitor to this blog (if there are any of you still out there). I just came back from Crete for two weeks, and before I went I entirely forgot to update this place. Regardless. Let me stop complaining that I never post anything and post something. Yes.
Everything is Illuminated is a fantastic book. It’s really quite something. But what I don’t understand is how little coverage this book seems to have got – it came out in 2002 and is much better than a lot of other recent books since that date (even the Book Thief, in my opinion), and has even had a film made of it starring Elijah Wood – a good film, too – and yet I have met no one who has either read the book or watched the film.
It’s about an American Jew who goes to the Ukraine in search of the woman who saved his grandfather during the war. The story switches between two story arks; the first is a simple tale of looking for Augustine with Jonathan, the Jew, whereas the other is a progressing novel about Jonathan’s ancestors. It’s deep, funny, moving, philosophical and smart. If this trailer doesn’t make you want to watch the film, I don’t know what will:
And everyone with an IQ above 2 should watch this.
I’ve got once again an idea for a novel that I like, but won’t say anything because I’ve failed at everything else; so why should this be any different?
Also, the website of Maradonia is messed up. lulz at her.
(I will seriously find a worthwhile thing to blog about.)
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