American author whose novels challenge the conception of seemingly postmodern narrative styles. Also, one of the few authors who takes a reconcillatory approach towards the potrayal of the Holocaust in literature.
In literary reviews ‘Everything is illuminated’ by Jonathan Safran Foer is often praised for its richness in tone and genre. It is both ironic and serious and it shows multiple elements from different genres: it is a Bildungsroman, a magical realistic story, the story of a road trip, the story between friends, a letter …
Foer’s novel ‘Everything is illuminated’ can easily be seen as your typical postmodern novel. It consists of three text forms: the narrative itself, a one-sided letter correspondence, and a kind of magical realistic narrative that is the product of a character called Jonathan Safran Foer. Also, the main narrative is constantly altered by information you …
Anis Shivani. Very keen critic or very angry (or disappointed, or hurt, or ‘misunderstood’) author? You decide. At least his damning critique of pomo writing is very, very funny. Read for example what he has to say about celebrated poet John Ashbery:
