Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel [Kindle Edition]

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In this excellent recording of Foer's second novel, Woodman artfully captures the voice of nine-year-old Oskar Schell, the precocious amateur physicist who is attempting to uncover clues about his father's death on September 11. Oskar—a self-proclaimed pacifist, tambourine player and Steven Hawking fanatic—is the ideal blend of smart-aleck maturity and youthful innocence. Articulating the massive words slowly and carefully with merely a hint of childishness, Woodman endearingly conveys the voice of an child who is attempting desperately to sound just like an adult. The parallel story lines, beautifully narrated by Ferrone and Caruso, add variety for the imaginative and captivating plot, however they don't translate quite as seamlessly into audio format. Ferrone's wistful growl is ideal for that voice of your man who can no more speak, but since the listener actually gets to listen for the words that the character are only able to convey by writing on the notepad, his frustrating silence is less profound. Caruso's brilliant performance as an adoring grandmother can also be noteworthy, though the meandering stream-of-consciousness type of her and Ferrone's sections are occasionally hard to follow on audio. Although it really is Oskar's poignant, laugh-out-loud narration which make this audio production indispensable.
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Adult/High School-Oskar Schell isn't your average nine-year-old. A budding inventor, he spends his time imagining wonderful creations. He also collects random photographs for his scrapbook and sends letters to scientists. When his father dies inside the World Trade Center collapse, Oskar shifts his boundless energy to your search for answers. He finds a vital hidden in the father's things that doesn't fit any lock of their New York City apartment; its container is labeled "Black." Using flawless kid logic, Oskar sets out to talk to everyone in New York City with the surname of Black. A retired journalist who keeps a card catalog with entries for all he's ever met is simply one from the colorful characters the boy meets. As in Things Are Illuminated (Houghton, 2002), Foer needs a dark subject and works in offbeat humor with puns and wordplay. But Extremely Loud pushes further with the inclusion of photographs, illustrations, and mild experiments in typography reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions (Dell, 1973). The humor works as a deceptive, glitzy cover for the fairly serious tale about loss and recovery. For balance, Foer includes the subplot of Oskar's grandfather, who survived the Wwii bombing of Dresden. Even though this story is nearly as evocative as Oskar's, it lets you do carry forward and connect firmly on the rest in the novel. The two stories finally intersect in a powerful conclusion that will make even one with the most jaded hearts fall.-Matthew L. Moffett, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale
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