Author:Jonathan Safran Foer,Jeff Woodman,Scott Shina

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...
Funny, smart and controversial
—— Andreina Cordani , Cosmopolitan[A] smart update on chick lit…as bracing as a margarita in a Manhattan bar… Very funny, very sharp and very modern
—— MetroMagnificent…packed with great one-liners… This is a laugh-out-loud book [with] extremely smart writing
—— Christena Appleyard , Daily MailOne of the funniest debut voices of the year
—— Grazia[A] romping summer read… Sheer unadulterated and adulterous fun
—— Stylistwhip-smart, pacy, and truly hilarious. The Bridget Jones’ Diary for our times, you’ll probably read it in one sitting because that’s how good it is.
—— Stylist MagazineA salty, lively first novel… In the fine tradition of screwball-comedy brides[,] the book’s dialogue is crackling, bawdy and modern
—— New York TimesI started reading Sunday morning, finished Sunday afternoon, have not laughed this hard or this much at a book since Bridget Jones's Diary. It was wickedly smart, hilariously funny, sexy, clever, and stupidly accomplished for a first novel. In short, the most enjoyable read I have had in YEARS. I completely loved it.
—— Jane GreenHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I Take You is the funniest book I've read all year. I drank four bottles of chardonnay by myself because I couldn't get to a book club fast enough. Eliza Kennedy makes infidelity sexy again!
—— Gary ShteyngartThe smartest, sexiest, funniest (like, hilarious) beach read on the shelves right now.
—— Huffington PostThis is a racy, pacy, funny read.
—— Cathy Rentzenbrink , BooksellerIn the first big beach read of the season, New York lawyer and bride-to-be Lily Wilder has a hard time staying faithful to her perfect fiance´—but that won’t stop this hilarious debut novel from winning you over and warming your heart.
—— Entertainment WeeklyThis debut novel’s take on modern gender roles is aggressively provocative. It’s also funny and, eventually, wise.
—— People MagazineSparkles with candor and wit... Kennedy’s ribald story is both engaging and atypical, the perfect combination for a new voice in women’s fiction.
—— Publishers WeeklyA whip-smart, whip-fast debut… One for the beach
—— Sonia Haria , Sunday Telegraph STELLA LOVESSmart, pacy, and hysterically funny
—— Deirdre O’Brien , Sunday MirrorThis provocative debut explores whether monogamy is all it’s cracked up to be
—— GlamourWitty, sparkling and a dissection of monogamy and happiness... Entertaining
—— LadyHere is a heroine who scores a solid ten on the sass-o-meter, and she made the whole reading experience a hoot… Guilt-free fun with this deliciously rampant romp.
—— Sarah Hughes , HeatThe tale of men struggling to survive in a brutal landscape is told in language so sparse that whole passages are made up of monosyllabic vocabulary that is powerfully immersive. You can only guess at the influence Williams may have had on Cormac McCarthy
—— Ben Felsenburg , MetroWilliams is a versatile writer: the story of Will Andrews couldn't be more different to the tale of William Stoner – and his depiction of the behaviour of men in extreme situations is masterful
—— OldieA meditative cowboy yarn with a putative ecological message, it could not be more different from Williams’s [Stoner]; it is just as good
—— David Evans, 5 stars , Independent On SundayIt is a sort of Dances with Buffaloes, and one of the most tense, gripping, tragic novels I have ever read
—— Giles Coren , The TimesStoner...is a fine book but his western novel Butcher's Crossing is even better... Visceral, violent and chilling.
—— Barbara Taylor Bradford , Daily MirrorA novel that turns upside down the expectations of the genre—and goes to war with a century of American triumphalism, a century of regeneration through violence, a century of senseless slaughter.
—— John Plotz , Guardian






