One Word Summary: I would spend my only life with you/ GrandmaSynopsis: A boy goes on a quest to find his father by following a series of (meaningless?) clues that lead him to meet every Black in the NYC phone book.
Review: Sorry if the synopsis doesn't capture the genius of ELAIC. Read the book. It's a love story that will fill you with sadness and hope.
Rate: 5 boroughs
Questions:
- Who was that enlightenment philosopher/scientist who said refering to love he felt for his mistress "I never wanted more to believe in our eternal souls", or something like?
- Does it mean anything that JSF wrote about a boy going on a quest which is not exactly pointless?
- Is Grandpa selfish? or sad? or human? Should he have just got over it?
Other Books:
Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Hiroshima by John Hersey
The Odyssey by Homer
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
That children's book where the father dies and leaves his son a locked box and the boy, with the help of his best friend, goes on a quest to find the key. Inside, among other things, is a playing card. The story ends with a deep fried twinky and some sort of hula hoop routine at a fairground talent show. Incidentally the boy only eats PBJ.
The Incredible Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
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