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

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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 wanting 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 combination of smart-aleck maturity and youthful innocence. Articulating the massive words slowly and carefully with only a hint of childishness, Woodman endearingly conveys the voice of an child who is wanting desperately to sound as an adult. The parallel story lines, beautifully narrated by Ferrone and Caruso, add variety towards the imaginative and captivating plot, nonetheless they don't translate as seamlessly into audio format. Ferrone's wistful growl is perfect for that voice of the man who are able to will no longer speak, but as the listener actually gets to hear what that this character is only able to convey by writing on the notepad, his frustrating silence is less profound. Caruso's brilliant performance as a possible adoring grandmother can be noteworthy, however the meandering stream-of-consciousness style of her and Ferrone's sections are sometimes hard to follow along with on audio. Although it's Oskar's poignant, laugh-out-loud narration that make this audio production indispensable.
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Adult/High School-Oskar Schell is not your average nine-year-old. A budding inventor, he spends his time imagining wonderful creations. Also, he collects random photographs for his scrapbook and sends letters to scientists. When his father dies in the World Trade Center collapse, Oskar shifts his boundless energy to a quest for answers. He finds a key hidden as part of his father's issues that doesn't fit any lock in their New York City apartment; its container is labeled "Black." Using flawless kid logic, Oskar sets out to speak with everyone in The big apple City with all the surname of Black. A retired journalist who keeps a card catalog with entries for everybody he's ever met is simply one from the colorful characters the boy meets. As in It Is All Totally Illuminated (Houghton, 2002), Foer has 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 like 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 not nearly as evocative as Oskar's, it will carry forward and connect firmly for the rest in the novel. The two stories finally intersect in a very powerful conclusion that can make even probably the most jaded hearts fall.-Matthew L. Moffett, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale
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