Bøger af Jonathan Safran Foer

Den amerikanske forfatter Jonathan Safran Foer kaster sig med sin nye bog over et af tidens mest presserende emner: klimaforandringer. Vi hører hele tiden, at tiden er ved at løbe ud, at klimakrisen kan føre til vores udryddelse, men alligevel – eller måske netop derfor – er det svært at stille noget op for det enkelte menneske. Eller er det? Ifølge Safran Foer kan vi indlede vores kamp mod klimaforandringerne ved hjælp af noget så simpelt som kniv og gaffel. Og man behøver ikke at tage en kold tyrker fra al kød. Det hele begynder nemlig med, hvad vi spiser – og ikke spiser – til morgenmad.

For Bloch-familien burde det være en glædelig begivenhed: Snart skal de alle samles for at fejre den ældste søns bar mitzvah. Der er bare det, at han netop har gjort noget, der er så unævnelig slemt, at det hele måske må aflyses …For Jacob, manuskriptforfatter og far, er det endnu et bevis på hans egen inkompetence som forælder.For moren Julia – en arkitekt der snobber nedad som indretningsdesigner – er det endnu en påmindelse om de ofre, der hører til moderskabet.For de yngre brødre Max og Benji er det jo bare klart, at alle voksne er idioter.Og for Sam, den ældste søn, er det nu tid til at spørge, om han er klar til at blive til en mand. Hvordan lever vi op til vores modstridende forpligtelser som far, husbond og søn; kone og mor; barn og voksen? Jøde og amerikaner? Hvordan gør vi krav på vores egen identitet, når vores liv er så tæt forbundne med andres? Det er de spørgsmål, der udgør kernen i Jonathan Safran Foers første roman i elleve år – en ekstraordinært vidtfavnende bog præget af en hjerteskærende intimitet. Hen over fire tumultariske uger i vores tids Washington fortæller Her er jeg historien om en kriseramt familie i opløsning. Mens Jacob og Julia Bloch og deres tre sønner tvinges til at konfrontere afstanden mellem de liv, de tror, de ønsker, og de liv, de lever, udløser et katastrofalt jordskælv i Mellemøsten en hurtigt eskalerende konflikt. Det er selve betydningen af det at have et hjem, der er på spil – og det fundamentale spørgsmål om, hvor levende et menneske kan tåle at være. Jonathan Safran Foer, f. 1977, er en amerikansk-jødisk forfatter. Hans debutroman, Alt er oplyst (2002), gjorde ham med ét verdensberømt, og opfølgeren Ekstremt højt og utrolig tæt på (2005), cementerede hans position som en af hans generations betydeligste forfattere. Desuden er på dansk udkommet non-fictionbogen At spise dyr (2009).

Sidste efterårs store litterære stjerneskud. Anmelderne skrev bl.a.:"Grib denne roman. For her er omsider en fortælling der bevæger overrasker udfordrer og engagerer sin læser langt ud over det sædvanlige. Så langt at man slet ikke kan se det sædvanlige for bar stjerner i øjnene når sidste side er vendt. Foers anden roman når virtuose højder... Foer skriver guddommelig litteratur fra det krinkelkrogede New York" - Politiken "Der er bøger der er så godt skrevet at man uden videre overgiver sig uanset hvor utroværdige de indimellem må være. Sådan forholder det sig med Jonathan Safran Foers fabulerende og fantastiske roman." - Berlingske Tidende * * * * * * seks stjerner

Som så mange andre svingede Jonathan Safran Foer som helt ung mellem at være skiftevis altædende og vegetar. Men da han selv skulle være far og dermed snart ville komme til at tage nogle vigtige beslutninger omkring mad på sit barns vegne blev hele spørgsmålet pludselig mere akut påtrængende. Foer besluttede derfor selv at forsøge at finde svarene. En søgen der blandt andet fik ham til at snige sig ind på industrielle fjerkræfarme dissekere de følelsesladede ingredienser fra barndommens middagsborde samt undersøge nogle af sine mest instinktive sondringer imellem rigtigt og forkert. Med sin sammenfletning af filosofi litteratur videnskab og personlige erindringer samt et større detektivisk arbejde griber Foer fat om de mange historier vi benytter for at retfærdiggøre vores spisevaner. Om at spise dyr er en på en gang oplysende generøs og stærkt animerende bog men skrevet med en forsonende humor: En bog der med garanti vil få enhver der læser den til i al fremtid at betragte deres middagstallerken i et andet lys

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERADAPTED INTO A FEATURE FILM WITH TOM HANKSFrom the critically acclaimed author of Here I Am, Everything is Illuminated and We are the Weather - a heartrending and unforgettable novel set in the aftermath of the 9/11'Utterly engaging, hugely involving, tragic, funny and intensely moving... A heartbreaker' Spectator'The most incredible fictional nine-year-old ever created... a funny, heart-rending portrayal of a child coping with disaster. It will have you biting back the tears' Glamour'Pulsates with dazzling ideas' Times Literary Supplement'It's a miracle... So impeccably imagined, so courageously executed, so everlastingly moving' Baltimore Sun'Jonathan Safran Foer is a writer of considerable brilliance' Observer In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key...The key belonged to his father, he's sure of that. But which of New York's 162 million locks does it open?So begins a quest that takes Oskar - inventor, letter-writer and amateur detective - across New York's five boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives and complete strangers. He gets heavy boots, he gives himself little bruises and he inches ever nearer to the heart of a family mystery that stretches back fifty years. But will it take him any closer to, or even further from, his lost father?

Den tyveårige ukrainer Alexander Perkhov bliver bestilt til at være oversætter og guide for en ung amerikaner ved navn Jonathan Safran Foer. Foer er kommet til Lvov med et gammelt fotografi i hånden for at søge efter byen Trachimbrod og den kvinde som reddede hans morfar fra nazisterne. I et vrag af en bil og med Alex´ halvblinde farfar som chauffør og dennes overerotiske hund Sammy Davis Junior Junior rejser de rundt i øde øststatslandskaber på sporet af den tabte tid. Rejsen beskrives af Alex på et gebrokkent engelsk som han har lært sig ved hjælp af en håbløst forældet synonymordbog. Parallelt hører vi Jonathans beretning om Trachimbrod en bykrønike som begynder i 1791 hvor byen får sit navn og ender i 1941 da nazisterne tilintetgør alt og alle. Disse to spor flettes til sidst sammen i et krydspunkt som får afgørende betydning for dem alle tre.

NOW A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM NARRATED BY NATALIE PORTMANFrom the bestselling author of the essential new 2019 book on animal agriculture and climate crisis: We are the WeatherDiscover Jonathan Safran Foer's eye-opening and life-changing account of the meat we eat'Should be compulsory reading. A genuine masterwork. Read this book. It will change you' Time Out'Shocking, incandescent, brilliant' The Times'Everyone who eats flesh should read this book' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall'Universally compelling. Jonathan Safran Foer's book changed me' Natalie Portman 'Gripping [and] original. A brilliant synthesis of argument, science and storytelling. One of the finest books ever written on the subject of eating animals' Times Literary Supplement'Horrifying, eloquent, timely' Spectator'If you eat meat and fish, you should read this book. Even if you don't, you should. It might bring the beginning of a change of heart about all living things' Joanna Lumley Eating Animals is the most original and urgent book on the subject of food written this century. It will change the way you think, and change the way you eat. For good.Whether you're flirting with veganuary, trying to cut back on animal consumption, or a lifelong meat-eater, you need to read this book.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer, read by Ari Fliakos. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Everything is Illuminated and We are the Weather - a rich and moving novel about modern family lives and the ties that bind Towering and glorious: a tale of social, familial and marital breakdown and the End of the World. The funniest literary novel I have ever read The Times A rich, beautifully written, ambitious and grandly moving novel, which looks both at the world at large and at the deepest concerns of individual lives Evening Standard Lays bare the interior of a marriage with such intelligence and deep feeling and pitiless clarity, its impossible to read it and not re-examine your own family Time Astonishing. So sad and so funny and so wry Scotland on Sunday Jacob and Julia Bloch are about to be tested . . . By Jacobs grandfather, who wont go quietly into a retirement home. By the family reunion, that everyone is dreading. By their sons heroic attempts to get expelled. And by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage. A typical modern American family, the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart. Which is when catastrophe decides to strike . . . Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness, playfulness and compassion, Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times, an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan Franzen and Michael Chabon, a masterpiece about how we live now.

Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is a groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name.Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. For years he was content to live with uncertainty about his own dietary choices-but once he started a family, the moral dimensions of food became increasingly important.Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them. Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chicken we fry, and every burger we grill.A must-read for anyone who cares about building a more humane and healthy world, Eating Animals is a book that, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, places Jonathan Safran Foer "e;at the table with our greatest philosophers."e;

In We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn't believe in the science of global warming and those who said they accepted the science but failed to change their lives in response?The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves-with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Only collective action will save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat-and don't eat-for breakfast.

Oskar Shell ist ein kluger neunjähriger Junge. Als sein Vater bei den Anschlägen auf das World Trade Center am 11. September 2001 getötet wird, will Oskar das Geheimnis um einen Schlüssel ergründen, den er im Schrank seines Vaters entdeckt. Seine Suche nimmt ihn mit auf eine Reise durch New York und in das Leben von Fremden und Verwandten. Doch bringt sie ihn seinem verlorenen Vater noch näher?

Den tyveårige ukrainer Alexander Perkhov bliver bestilt til at være oversætter og guide for en ung amerikaner ved navn Jonathan Safran Foer. Foer er kommet til Lvov med et gammelt fotografi i hånden for at søge efter byen Trachimbrod og den kvinde som reddede hans morfar fra nazisterne.I et vrag af en bil og med Alex´ halvblinde farfar som chauffør og dennes overerotiske hund Sammy Davis Junior Junior rejser de rundt i øde øststatslandskaber på sporet af den tabte tid. Rejsen beskrives af Alex på et gebrokkent engelsk som han har lært sig ved hjælp af en håbløst forældet synonymordbog. Parallelt hører vi Jonathans beretning om Trachimbrod en bykrønike som begynder i 1791 hvor byen får sit navn og ender i 1941 da nazisterne tilintetgør alt og alle. Disse to spor flettes til sidst sammen i et krydspunkt som får afgørende betydning for dem alle tre.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, read by Jeff Woodman and Scott Shina. THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING NOVEL ADAPTED INTO A FEATURE FILM WITH ELIJAH WOOD From the bestselling author of Here I Am, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and We are the Weather - a hilarious, life-affirming and utterly original novel about the search for truth Gripping, hilariously funny and deeply serious. An astonishing feat of writing The Times One of the most impressive novel debuts of recent years Joyce Carol Oates, Times Literary Supplement A first novel of startling originality Jay McInerney, Observer It seems hard to believe that such a young writer can have such a deep understanding of both comedy and tragedy Erica Wagner, The Times A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre new forms; a blind old man haunted by memories of the war; and an undersexed guide dog named Sammy Davis Jr, Jr. What they are looking for seems elusive -- a truth hidden behind veils of time, language and the horrors of war. What they find turns all their worlds upside down...