Here I am

Resource Information

The work Here I am represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Here I am

Statement of responsibility

Jonathan Safran Foer

Creator

• Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-

Author

• Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-

Subject

• FICTION -- Jewish
• FICTION -- Literary
• Domestic fiction
• Dysfunctional families -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Domestic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, "Abraham!" to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, "Here I am." Later, when Isaac calls out, "My father!" to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, "Here I am." How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years... Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks, in present-day Washington, D.C., [this book] is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis."--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3606.O38

LC item number

H47 2016

Literary form

fiction