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Extremely loud & incredibly close

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  • Running Time: 11:00 hrs
    Narrator: various narrators
    Publisher:
    Recorded Books, 2011
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Foer, Jonathan Safran
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
    ,
    Copyrighted
    2005
    Summary:

    Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is a precocious Francophile who idolizes Stephen Hawking and plays the tambourine extremely well. He's also a boy struggling to come to terms with his father's death in the World Trade Center attacks. As he searches New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he left behind, Oskar discovers much more than he could have imagined.

    Genre:
    Bildungsromans
    Subject(s): Fathers and sons | Fiction | Gifted persons | Loss (Psychology) | September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md., [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781449870539