2011 One Book, One Region Selection
By Jonathan Safran Foer
Format: print
Interview with the Author from Mother Jones
Description from Houghton Mifflin
“Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar…” Read more including a reader’s guide…
Some controversy has emerged with respect to the originality of this work. Read one perspective here.
Also by Jonathan Safran Foer:
Eating Animals
