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Here I Am

By: Jonathan Safran Foer
Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
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Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer, read by Ari Fliakos. A monumental new novel about modern family lives from the best-selling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

God asked Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac, and Abraham replied obediently, 'Here I am'.

This is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. Over the course of three weeks in present-day Washington, DC, three sons watch their parents' marriage falter and their family home fall apart. Meanwhile, a larger catastrophe is engulfing another part of the world: a massive earthquake devastates the Middle East, sparking a pan-Arab invasion of Israel.

With global upheaval in the background and domestic collapse in the foreground, Jonathan Safran Foer asks us: what is the true meaning of home? Can one man ever reconcile the conflicting duties of his many roles - husband, father, son? And how much of life can a person bear?

©2016 Jonathan Safran Foer (P)2016 Penguin Audio

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Intensely convoluted and brilliantly read

What an amazing talent to voice all of these characters soulfully. The story itself is very Jewish and very psychologically convoluted set in the everyday. Felt like a Charlie Kaufmann movie script. Felt long, too.

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