Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Anyone who knows me knows that Extremely Loud is my favorite novel of
all time. It is my heart and soul. My copy of this book is one of the
most important personal items I own. I have underlined and highlighted
and scribbled a million notes within my book, making it completely my
own. I could never dream of parting with it. After reading a book, you
give a part of yourself to it, and you take a part of it with you for
the rest of your life. You will be forever changed. I keep my copy of
Extremely Loud on my bedside table, next to Catcher, and flip open to
passages every night….just to feel. Words cannot express the impact this book has had on my emotional being.
But what makes Extremely Loud so incredible is the mind of Oskar Schell.
His imagination, his curiosity, his extremely sensitive heart. The
beautiful words spoken with the naivety of the mind of a child, but with
the vocabulary and intelligence of an adult. These words make my heart
so incredibly heavy, that sometimes it’s hard to breathe. I’m afraid
the film might lose this…it might lose what makes the words of the novel
so special and so moving.
2 comments
I just realized this is the author of Eating Animals which I read back in March. I didn't know he had written two books before EA. After reading your beautiful & heartfelt post....I wan't to read this book. :)
It's an amazing book and to be honest I sort-of-kind-of just love everything Jonathan Safran Foer has written! If you get around to reading it - let me know what you think! xox
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