Jonathan Safran Foer
I just finished reading this book for my English class. This book is very different from any other book I ever read. It is concrete yet abstract at the same time.
It is about a 9 year old boy named Oskar who lost his father during the 911 attack. Before he died he left a number of voice messages on Oskar's phone which Oskar never shares with anyone. One day while Oskar was trying to fathom the fact that his father is dead, he found an envelope with the word 'Black' on it inside a vase with a key in it on the highest self in his father's closet. Now, he was on a mission to go to every Black's house to find the lock that fits the key. This was his way to cope with his father's death without actually accepting his father's death. But later he realizes that the key and lock were not the central issue when he finds out the secret that his Grandma keeps from him for such a long time. Oskar has a habit of knowing different random concrete facts yet his ability to desperatly think about inventing anything that could have saved is father is very abstract. Oskar is quite a unique character who is both concrete and abstract in his thinking.
I recommend this book because it sheds some vital light on how families felt losing their love ones in this attack.
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