New Releases by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Som så mange andre svingede Jonathan Safran Foer som helt ung mellem at være skiftevis altædende og vegetar. Men da han selv skulle være far og dermed snart ville komme til at tage nogle vigtige beslutninger omkring mad på sit barns vegne blev hele spørgsmålet pludselig mere akut påtrængende. Foer besluttede derfor selv at forsøge at finde svarene. En søgen der blandt andet fik ham til at snige sig ind på industrielle fjerkræfarme dissekere de følelsesladede ingredienser fra barndommens middagsborde samt undersøge nogle af sine mest instinktive sondringer imellem rigtigt og forkert. Med sin sammenfletning af filosofi litteratur videnskab og personlige erindringer samt et større detektivisk arbejde griber Foer fat om de mange historier vi benytter for at retfærdiggøre vores spisevaner. Om at spise dyr er en på en gang oplysende generøs og stærkt animerende bog men skrevet med en forsonende humor: En bog der med garanti vil få enhver der læser den til i al fremtid at betragte deres middagstallerken i et andet lys

" Des millions de gens vont mourir à cause du réchauffement climatique. Des centaines de millions de gens vont devenir des réfugiés climatiques. Ces chiffres comptent, parce que ce ne sont pas seulement des chiffres – il s''agit d''individus, avec chacun une famille, des habitudes, des phobies, des allergies, des aliments préférés, des rêves récurrents, une chanson qui lui est restée dans la tête, des empreintes uniques et un rire particulier. [...] Il est difficile de prendre en charge des millions de vies. Mais il est impossible de ne pas prendre soin d''une seule. Cependant, peut-être n''avons-nous pas besoin de nous soucier de ces millions de gens. Il nous suffit de les sauver. " Après l''immense succès de Faut-il manger les animaux ?, Jonathan Safran Foer revient à la charge : l''élevage intensif des animaux est responsable du dérèglement climatique. L''extinction de la planète aura lieu parce que nous mangeons trop de viande. Avec empathie, avec humour, l''auteur analyse les défis auxquels nous devons faire face. Parce qu''il n''est pas trop tard pour inverser la tendance. Et que l''avenir de la planète commence maintenant, dans notre assiette. Traduit de l''anglais (États-Unis) par Marc Amfreville.

''Read this book. Saving Planet Earth starts right here, right now'' Stella McCartney From the bestselling author of Eating Animals, a brilliantly fresh and accessible take on climate change - and what we can do about it ''Climate change is the greatest crisis humankind has ever faced. It is that straightforward, that fraught. Where were you when you made your decision?'' It is all too easy to feel paralysed and hopeless in the face of climate crisis, but the truth is that every one of us has the power to change history''s course. We have done it before: making collective sacrifices to protect our freedoms, our families, our way of life. And we can do it again. In this extraordinarily powerful and deeply personal book, Jonathan Safran Foer lays bare the battle to save the planet. Calling each one of us to action, he answers the most urgent question of all: what will it take for things to change? It all starts with what we eat for breakfast. ''Eye-opening'' New York Times Book Review ''Safran Foer''s new approach gives me hope'' Observer

Jonathan Safran Foer schafft es erneut, uns ein komplexes Thema wie die Klimakrise so nahe zu bringen wie niemand sonst. Und das Beste: Einen Lösungsansatz liefert er gleich mit. Mit seinem Bestseller »Tiere essen« hat Jonathan Safran Foer weltweit Furore gemacht: Viele seiner Leser wurden nach der Lektüre Vegetarier oder haben zumindest ihre Ernährung überdacht. Nun nimmt Foer sich des größten Themas unserer Zeit an: dem Klimawandel. Der Klimawandel ist zu abstrakt, deshalb lässt er uns kalt. Foer erinnert an die Kraft und Notwendigkeit gemeinsamen Handelns und führt dazu anschaulich viele gelungene Beispiele an, die uns als Ansporn dienen sollen. Wir können die Welt nicht retten, ohne einem der größten CO2- und Methangas-Produzenten zu Leibe zu rücken, der Massentierhaltung. Foer zeigt einen Lösungsansatz auf, der niemandem viel abverlangt, aber extrem wirkungsvoll ist: tierische Produkte nur einmal täglich zur Hauptmahlzeit. Foer nähert sich diesem wichtigen Thema eloquent, überzeugend, sehr persönlich und mit wachem Blick und großem Herz für die menschliche Unzulänglichkeit. Und das Beste: Seinen Lösungsansatz können Sie gleich in die Tat umsetzen.

IL NUOVO LIBRO DELL''AUTORE DI OGNI COSA OGNI COSA È ILLUMINATA «Il messaggio di Foer è al tempo stesso commovente e doloroso, scoraggiante e ottimistico, e costringerà i lettori a rivedere il proprio impegno nel combattere ‘la più grande crisi che l’umanità abbia mai dovuto affrontare’.» Publishers Weekly «Il messaggio di Foer è al tempo stesso commovente e doloroso, scoraggiante e ottimistico, e costringerà i lettori a rivedere il proprio impegno nel combattere ‘la più grande crisi che l’umanità abbia mai dovuto affrontare’.» Publishers Weekly Qualcuno si ostina a liquidare i cambiamenti climatici come fake news, ma la gran parte di noi è ben consapevole che se non modifichiamo radicalmente le nostre abitudini l’umanità andrà incontro al rischio dell’estinzione di massa. Lo sappiamo, eppure non riusciamo a crederci. E di conseguenza non riusciamo ad agire. Il problema è che l’emergenza ambientale non è una storia facile da raccontare e, soprattutto, non è una buona storia: non spaventa, non affascina, non coinvolge abbastanza da indurci a cambiare la nostra vita. Per questo rimaniamo indifferenti, o paralizzati: la stessa reazione che suscitò Jan Karski, il «testimone inascoltau00adto», quando cercò di svelare l’orrou00adre dell’Olocausto e non fu creduto. In tempo di guerra, veniva chiesto ai cittadini di contribuire allo sforzo bellico: ma qual è il confine tra rinuncia e sacrificio, quando in gioco c’è la nostra sopravvivenza, o la u00adsopravvivenza dei nostri figli? E quali sono le rinunce necessarie, adesso, per salvare un mondo ormai trasformato in una immensa fattoria a cielo aperto? Nel suo nuovo libro, Jonathan Safran Foer mette in campo tutte le sue risorse di scrittore per raccontare, con straordinario impatto emotivo, la crisi climatica che è anche «crisi della nostra capacità di credere», mescolando in modo originalissimo storie di famiglia, riu00adcordi personali, episodi biblici, dati scientiu00adfici rigorosi e suggestioni futuristiche. Un libro unico, che parte dalla volontà di «convincere degli sconosciuti a fare qualcosa» e termina con un messaggio rivolto ai figli, ai quali ciascun genitore – non solo a parole, ma con le proprie scelte – spera di riuscire a insegnare «la differenza tra correre verso la morte, correre per sfuggire alla morte e correre verso la vita».

Ein packendes literarisches Länderporträt Spannende Geschichten herausragender Autor/innen Ein abenteuerlicher Roadtrip quer durch die USA »Eine bessere Kurzgeschichtensammlung ist schwer zu finden – egal in welchem Genre.« Publishers Weekly Von Küste zu Küste: 14 herausragende Autorinnen und Autoren – von den Superstars der Szene bis zu literarischen Geheimtipps – nehmen Sie mit auf eine abenteuerliche Reise quer durch die USA. Vom brodelnden New York und den dicht besiedelten Städten der Ostküste über die Berge und Städte des Landesinneren bis zu den mythendurchdrungenen und hitzeflimmernden Metropolen der Westküste. Starke Literatur, die berührend und spannend von den Schattenseiten des amerikanischen Traums erzählt. Von einer bunt schillernden Gegenwart voller ungewöhnlicher Milieus abseits der üblichen Touristenpfade. Von Tagträumern, Zockern, Kriegsveteranen, Aussteigern, Billigjobbern, korrupten Polizisten, Trickbetrügern, Drogenhändlern, Privatdetektiven und ganz normalen Menschen, die in Situationen geraten, die sie nicht mehr kontrollieren können. 14 kraftvolle, dichte Geschichten mit ungewöhnlichen Settings und Figuren – so abwechslungsreich und aufregend wie die USA selbst. Die Reihe: »USA Noir« ist nach »Berlin Noir« und »Paris Noir« der dritte Teil einer Reihe internationaler Noir-Anthologien mit exklusiv geschriebenen Originalgeschichten. Jede Story spielt in einem anderen Viertel einer Stadt oder einer anderen Gegend eines Landes. Es sind packende literarische Städte- und Länderporträts mit ungewöhnlichen, breit gefächerten Einblicken. Weitere Teile sind geplant. »Das Konzept der Noir-Reihe überzeugt.« TIPP Berlin

Varför blir kött bara billigare när allt annat blir dyrare? Varför äter vi egentligen kött? Och varför äter vi bara vissa djur och inte till exempel hundar? När Jonathan Safran Foer blev pappa började han fundera på vilken mat han skulle ge sin son. Själv hade han av och till varit vegetarian sedan han var nio år, men egentligen aldrig funderat särskilt mycket på varför. Kanske var kött något hans son behövde äta för att få i sig allt nyttigt. Äta djur är Foers första fackbok (och enda, påstår han själv) och är lika mycket en filosofisk essä som ett upprörande reportage och en ögonöppnare för alla som någon gång funderat över vad det innebär att äta djur. Han har intervjuat filosofer. Han har hälsat på hos den enda kalkonfarmaren i USA som låter fåglarna gå fritt utomhus, en vegatarian som föder upp köttkor och en etisk slaktare. När han hörde av sig till livsmedelsjättarna möttes han dock av tystnad, och de enda som kunde hjälpa honom att göra ett studiebesök på de riktigt stora djuruppfödningsanläggningarna var djurrättsaktivister som i hemlighet filmar och dokumenterar missförhållanden. Det han kom fram till var att det inte är fel att äta kött. Men att det till 99 procents sannolikhet är fel att äta den köttbit som ligger på tallriken framför dig. Jonathan Safran Foer har skrivit ett särskilt förord till den svenska utgåvan.

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies. When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre, Oskar sets out to solve the mystery of a key he disovers in his father''s closet. It is a search which leads him into the lives of strangers, through the five boroughs of New York, into history, to the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima, and on an inward journey which brings him ever closer to some kind of peace.

Lee Child''s street corner. Gary Shteyngart''s bed. Joyce Carol Oates''s classroom. Roxane Gay''s dream house. Billy Collins''s New York City. Aimee Mann and Jonathan Coulton''s kitchen. Valeria Luiselli''s writing desk. Sloane Crosley''s conference call. Alain Mabanckou''s Department of Human Resources. Jonathan Ames''s shrink''s office. Jonathan Safran Foer''s Genius Bar. Joshua Ferris''s America.What do these places have in common? More than might initially meet the eye. They''re the spaces¿real or imagined¿where thirteen remarkably talented and original voices do their work. These writers, poets, and singer-songwriters come together to give us a guided tour through the places that inspire them. There''s mystery here. Dark confessions. Office crushes. Tales of deals made, careers built and broken, and the love and dread and hope of being at work.Everyone works someplace. This group of authors has created a place that is by turns hilarious, illuminating, shocking, wonderful. It might make you cry. It will certainly make you laugh. And you might never see your own office in the same (fluorescent?) light again.

"Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks, in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East."--

A monumental novel from the bestselling author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer''s Here I Am In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, “Abraham!” before ordering him to sacrifice his son, Isaac, Abraham responds, “Here I am.” Later, when Isaac calls out, “My father!” before asking him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, “Here I am.” How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others’? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer’s first novel in eleven years—a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy. Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia Bloch and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the meaning of home—and the fundamental question of how much aliveness one can bear. Showcasing the same high-energy inventiveness, hilarious irreverence, and emotional urgency that readers loved in his earlier work, Here I Am is Foer’s most searching, hard-hitting, and grandly entertaining novel yet. It not only confirms Foer’s stature as a dazzling literary talent but reveals a novelist who has fully come into his own as one of our most important writers. “Dazzling . . . A profound novel about the claims of identity, history, family, and the burdens of a broken world.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s “Fresh Air”

Una imponent narració, dura, obscena i divertida, sobre la vulnerabilitat emocional i la fragilitat de les decisions. L’esperat retorn de Jonathan Safran Foer a la novel·la després de més de deu anys sense abordar el gènere. Un esdeveniment literari. Uns insults racistes abans del bar mitsvà d’un dels fills i uns missatges de text lascius trobats al mòbil del pare fan trontollar l’estabilitat conjugal a casa dels Bloch, una família jueva de classe mitjana de Nova York. El matrimoni, amb vint anys de relació i tres fills, mira de refrenar els sotracs, però no compta amb les terribles ironies de la Història: un devastador terratrèmol assola Orient Mitjà, castiga amb especial crueltat Israel i canvia per sempre el panorama mundial, també la llar dels Bloch. Una novel·la plena d’ingeni, intensitat i imaginació, de prosa exuberant i verb elèctric, que imposa una perspectiva íntima, sovint desoladora, de la civilització actual. L’obra d’un autor que ha assolit la maduresa narrativa i que ha assumit el seu repte més exigent. Sóc aquí ha estat rebuda unànimement per la crítica especialitzada com una de les grans narracions del segle XXI. «La majoria de la gent dóna per fet que la prova va anar així: Déu demana a Abraham que sacrifiqui el seu fill, Isaac. Però em penso que també es podria interpretar que la prova era quan el va cridar. Abraham no va dir: “Què vols?”. Ni va dir: “Mana”. Va respondre amb una afirmació: “Sóc aquí”.»

Jonathan Safran Foer''s and Nathan Englander''s spectacular Haggadah-now in paperback. Upon hardcover publication, NEW AMERICAN HAGGADAH was praised as a momentous re-envisioning through prayer, song, and ritual of one of our oldest, most timeless, and sacred stories-Moses leading the ancient Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to wander the desert for 40 years before reaching the Promised Land. Featuring a new translation of the traditional text by Nathan Englander and provocative essays by a collection of major Jewish writers and thinkers, it was received not only as a religious document but a magnificent literary and artistic achievement. Now, after two years of patience, those readers who asked for a paperback edition have gotten their wish.

Oskar, un newyorkese di nove anni a suo modo geniale, ama inventare singolari dispositivi. Inventa camicie di becchime per farsi trasportare in volo dagli uccelli in caso di emergenza, inventa un sistema di tubi collegato ai cuscini di tutti i letti di New York per raccogliere le lacrime di chi piange prima di dormire, riversarle nel laghetto del Central Park e mostrare ogni giorno il livello di sofferenza della sua città. A Oskar capita di piangere sul cuscino, da quando suo padre è morto nell’attacco alle Torri Gemelle. E per non soccombere sotto il peso di un dolore così violento e nuovo cerca la forza nella sua fantasia più che nell’abbraccio di chi gli è rimasto. Un giorno, non troppo per caso, in un vaso azzurro trovato nell’armadio del padre scopre una busta che contiene una chiave. Sul retro della busta c’è una scritta: «Black». Che serratura apre quella chiave? E se Black è un nome, chi è Black? Per scoprirlo Oskar intende bussare alla porta di tutti i Mr e Mrs Black della città, e se il suo viaggio per i distretti di New York non gli riporterà chi se n’è andato per sempre, gli restituirà un passato lontano che ha sconvolto la vita dei suoi nonni paterni e di un’intera generazione: il passato dell’Europa devastata dalla Seconda guerra mondiale. La vicenda di questo ragazzino eccezionale e della sua famiglia farà piangere, ridere, riflettere. Farà sentire ogni lettore parte di un dolore che va molto al di là della tragedia di Manhattan: è il dolore di tutte le vittime civili dei conflitti, di tutte le città attaccate, di tutti gli amanti che la guerra ha separato per sempre.

Roman tradus în treizeci şi două de ţări, distins cu Guardian First Book Prize, National Jewish Book Award şi New York Public Library Young Lions Prize. În anul 2005 a fost ecranizat în regia lui Liev Schreiber, cu Elijah Wood în rolul principal. „Ar trebui să daţi uitării tot ce aţi citit despre acest roman. Căci veţi citi că Totul este iluminat e o adevărată capodoperă, că Jonathan Safran Foer, la numai douăzeci şi patru de ani, şi-a câştigat locul printre autorii de prima mână, scriind o carte cu totul nouă şi originală, care a schimbat însăşi noţiunea de roman. Nu veţi crede nimic din toate astea şi, prin urmare, veţi hotărî să nu citiţi cartea. Ceea ce ar fi un dezastru, pentru că fiecare cuvânt de mai sus este adevarat." (London Times) Un tânăr, Jonathan Safran Foer, ajunge în Ucraina, călăuzit de o fotografie de familie îngalbenită. El se află în căutarea femeii care, cu cincizeci de ani în urmă, l-a salvat pe bunicul lui de nazişti. În periplul său este însoţit de tânărul Alex, ghidul ucrainean a cărui engleză stâlcită stârneşte hohote de râs. Alături de bunicul acestuia, hăituit de amintirile războiului, şi de căţeaua Sammy Davis Jr. Jr., Jonathan parcurge un traseu iniţiatic la capătul căruia îl aşteaptă un secret teribil.

Oskar Schell is uitvinder, sieradenontwerper, amateur-entomoloog, francofiel, slagwerker, verwoed schrijver van fanmail, pacifist, archeoloog van Central Park, romanticus, Groot Ontdekkingsreiziger, juwelier, acteur (Yorick in de schoolvoorstellingvan Hamlet), inconsequent veganist, verzamelaar van: zeldzame munten, vlinders die een natuurlijke dood zijn gestorven, Beatles-spullen, miniatuurcactussen en halfedelstenen. Hij is negen jaar. Oskar heeft zijn vader verloren bij de aanslagen op het WTC in New York. In zijn vaders kledingkast vindt Oskar een vaas, en wanneer hij die per ongeluk laat vallen ontdekt hij een vreemd uitziende sleutel. Dan begint voor de jonge Oskar een zoektocht die hem door heel New York zal voeren, in een poging betekenis te geven aan de zinloze dood van zijn vader.

Discover the darker side of the Garden State with this anthology of gritty mystery stories. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each volume is compromised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographical area of the book. In New Jersey Noir, a star-studded cast of authors sifts through the hidden dirt of the Garden State. Featuring brand-new stories (and a few poems) by Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Safran Foer, Robert Pinsky, Edmund White & Michael Carroll, Richard Burgin, Pulitzer Prize–winner Paul Muldoon, Sheila Kohler, C.K. Williams, Gerald Stern, Lou Manfredo, S.A. Solomon, Bradford Morrow, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffrey Ford, S.J. Rozan, Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini, Hirsh Sawhney, and Robert Arellano. Praise for New Jersey Noir "Oates''s introduction to Akashic''s noir volume dedicated to the Garden State, with its evocative definition of the genre, is alone worth the price of the book . . . Highlights include Lou Manfredo''s "Soul Anatomy," in which a politically connected rookie cop is involved in a fatal shooting in Camden; S.J. Rozan''s "New Day Newark," in which an elderly woman takes a stand against two drug-dealing gangs; and Jonathan Santlofer''s "Lola," in which a struggling Hoboken artist finds his muse . . . . Poems by C.K. Williams, Paul Muldoon, and others—plus photos by Gerald Slota—enhance this distinguished entry." — Publishers Weekly "It was inevitable that this fine noir series would reach New Jersey. It took longer than some readers might have wanted, but, oh boy, was it worth the wait . . . More than most of the entries in the series, this volume is about mood and atmosphere more than it is about plot and character . . . It should go without saying that regular readers of the noir series will seek this one out, but beyond that, the book also serves as a very good introduction to what is a popular but often misunderstood term and style of writing." — Booklist, Starred Review "A lovingly collected assortment of tales and poems that range from the disturbing to the darkly humorous." —Shelf Awareness