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" 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.

The New York Times–bestselling author offers an accessible, immediate, life-changing study of climate change and a call to action to combat the dilemma. Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn''t believe in the science of global warming and those who said they accepted the science but failed to change their lives in response? The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves—with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Only collective action will save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat—and don''t eat—for breakfast. Winner of the 2020 Green Prize for Sustainable Literature Financial Times Best Books of 2019 The Guardian Best Food Books of 2019 Fast Company Best Climate Books of 2019

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.

Traducere și note de Andra Matzal și Cosmin Postolache „Uimitor… Iata-mă este un roman plin de înțelesuri profunde despre identitate, istorie, familie și lumea ieșită din matcă în care trăim.“ (Maureen Corrigan, NPR) Cu mult umor, dar și cu adâncă melancolie, Foer construiește o poveste multistratificată. Focalizează lentilele camerei sale imaginare asupra unei familii evreiești din Washingtonul actual în interval de patru săptămâni și demolează, nivel după nivel, construcția existenței ei intime și sociale, până ajunge la sâmburele care-i alimentează viața și care se dovedește a fi mai fragil și mai vulnerabil decât și-ar fi imaginat. Julia, o arhitectă „care n-a construit niciodată nimic“, după propria caracterizare, și Jacob, soțul ei, scenarist de succes al postului HBO, dar neîmplinit profesional, trăiesc împreună cu fiii lor, Sam, Max și Benjy – trei copii cu personalități complexe și sofisticate –, în confortul metropolei americane, ducând o viața tihnită, îmbogățită de mici ritualuri laice, care-i definesc ca familie. Când, cu puțin timp înainte de ceremonia de bar mitzvah a lui Sam, Julia descoperă în telefonul soțului ei mai multe mesaje cu un conținut sexual explicit, totul sare în aer, scoțând la iveală o adevărată spirală a crizelor identitare. Cu aceeași inventivitate plină de energie, ireverență hilară și impetuozitate emoțională din Totul e iluminat și Extrem de tare și incredibil de aproape, romanul Iată-mă e cea mai lucrată, mai dură, dar și cea mai amuzantă carte a lui Jonathan Safran Foer.

Jonathan Safran Foers nya efterlängtade roman är en brett anlagd familjehistoria som utspelar sig under tre tumultartade veckor i Washington. Berättelsen ställer frågor som: Hur hanterar vi våra roller som far, make, son, hustru och mor? Barn och vuxen? Jude och amerikan? Hur kan vi göra anspråk på vår egen identitet när vi alltid är skyldiga andra så mycket? Med sin nya roman visar Jonathan Safran Foer återigen prov på samma högenergiska, dråpliga och känslostarka prosa som gjorde honom till omtalad författare redan som tjugofemåring. Här är jag, som är hans hittills mest personliga verk, har hyllats av kritiker världen över.

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”

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.

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 este inventator, francofil, explorator, pacifist, astrofizician amator, bijutier, admirator al lui Stephen Hawking şi fan Beatles. Are nouă ani. Şi o misiune secretă: să străbată New Yorkul în căutarea încuietorii la care se potriveşte o cheie misterioasă, găsită printre lucrurile tatălui său, victimă a atentatului de la 11 septembrie. Din specia inocenţilor inspiraţi care s-au mai făcut „auziţi“ în literatură de la William Faulkner la Kurt Vonnegut, Oskar filtrează lumea prin lentilele lui de copil supradotat, poate autist, poate doar dureros de precoce. Are o voce uneori exasperantă, alteori nemaipomenit de duioasă, de cele mai multe ori hipnotică - şi un umor involuntar de zile mari. Ceilalţi doi povestitori, la fel de enigmatici, sunt protagoniştii unei iubiri mutilate, puse sub semnul unei alte tragedii a lumii moderne, şi astfel ia naştere ruta narativă World Trade Center – Dresda – Hiroshima, ca o punere în abis a durerii mai multor generaţii. Cu toate că Jonathan Safran Foer taie în carnea istoriei recente, nici un rând din roman nu reverberează apocaliptic, dulceag sau tendenţios. La catharsisul emoţional pe care îl provoacă această carte contribuie şi componenta ei vizuală, un alt fel de text, crescut din carnea celui present în litere, un alt fel de poveste.

In de zomer na zijn afstuderen reist de jonge schrijver Jonathan naar het oostelijk deel van Europa. Slechts gewapend met een vergeelde foto gaat hij op zoek naar Augustine, de vrouw die zijn grootvader, zo is hem verteld, uit de handen van de nazi''s heeft gered. Vergezeld door de onvergetelijke Alex, zijn jonge Oekraïense tolk die behept is met een komisch spraakverwarrend accent, maakt Jonathan een donquichotachtige zoektocht door een verwoest landschap, terug naar een onverwacht verleden. Verweven met dit verhaal is de betoverende legende over zijn grootvaders dorp in de Oekraïne en de lotgevallen van een kleine gemeenschap, van de achttiende eeuw tot aan de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Uiteindelijk komen alle geschiedenissen bij elkaar in een hartverscheurende climax van uitzonderlijke kracht.

In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key ... The key belonged to his father, he''s sure of that. But which of New York''s 162 million locks does it open? So begins a quest that takes Oskar - inventor, letter-writer and amateur detective - across New York''s five boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives and complete strangers. He gets heavy boots, he gives himself little bruises and he inches ever nearer to the heart of a family mystery that stretches back fifty years. But will it take him any closer to, or even further from, his lost father?

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

»Ein Debüt, wie es lange keines gegeben hat: In seinem Roman Alles ist erleuchtet vollbringt Jonathan Safran Foer das Wunder der erfundenen Erinnerung.« Hubert Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Man lacht und weint und ist hingerissen vom Talent eines jungen Autors. Er erzählt die phantastische Geschichte eines jüdischen Schtetls, das Schicksal seiner Familie während des Holocaust und die Abenteuer eines jungen Amerikaners, der aufgebrochen ist, um die Vergangenheit zu suchen. Ein junger Amerikaner kommt in die Ukraine. Er heißt zufällig Jonathan Safran Foer. Im Gepäck hat er das vergilbte Foto einer Frau namens Augustine. Sie soll gegen Ende des 2. Weltkrieges seinen Großvater vor den Nazis gerettet haben. Jonathan will Augustine finden und Trachimbrod, den Ort, aus dem seine Familie stammt. Sein Reiseführer ist ein alter Ukrainer mit einem noch älteren klapprigen Auto, sein Dolmetscher dessen Enkel Alex, ein unglaubliches Großmaul und ein Genie im Verballhornen von Sprache. Mit von der Partie ist noch Sammy Davis jr. jr., eine neurotische Promenadenmischung mit einer Leidenschaft für Jonathan, der Angst vor Hunden hat. Die Reise führt durch eine verwüstete Gegend und in eine Zeit des Grauens. Alex berichtet in seiner unnachahmlichen Sprache von den Abenteuern und irrsinnigen Missverständnissen während dieser Fahrt, Jonathan erzählt die phantastische Geschichte Trachimbrods bis zum furchtbaren Ende, und der alte Ukrainer begegnet den Gespenstern seiner Vergangenheit. Alex und Jonathan aber sind zum Schluss der Reise Freunde geworden. Übersetzungsrechte in fast 20 Sprachen vergeben.

A masterful work of storytelling, a unique sculptural object created through a collaborative process between Visual Editions and author. A curiosity with the die-cut technique was combined with the pages'' physical relationship to one another and how this could somehow be developed to work with a meaningful narrative. This led to Jonathan deciding to use an existing piece of text and cut a new story out of it - his favourite book, The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz. Writing, cutting and proto-typing has created a new story cut from the words of an old favourite.

Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name. Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. For years he was content to live with uncertainty about his own dietary choices but once he started a family, the moral dimensions of food became increasingly important. Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them. Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chicken we fry, and every burger we grill. Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is a book that, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, places Jonathan Safran Foer "at the table with our greatest philosophers" -and a must-read for anyone who cares about building a more humane and healthy world.

Le point de vue de l''éditeurOskar, 9 ans, est surdoué, ultrasensible, fou d''astrophysique, fan des Beatles et collectionneur de cactées miniatures. Son père est mort dans les attentats du World Trade Center en lui laissant une clé. Persuadé qu''elle expliquera cette disparition injuste, le jeune garçon recherche la serrure qui lui correspond. Sa quête désespérée l''entraîne aux quatre coins de la ville où règne le climat délétère de l''après 11-Septembre.Coup de CoeurOskar Schell, un garçon de neuf ans extrêmement intelligent et incroyablement fantasque, se lance dans un singulier jeu de piste à travers tout New York. En effet, un an après la mort de son père dans les attentats du 11 septembre, il trouve une curieuse petite clé. Dans la certitude que cette clé résoudra le mystère de la disparition de son père, il part à la recherche de la serrure correspondante. Il fera des rencontres surprenantes et traversera « la Grande Pomme » au fil de ses découvertes. Ce texte, qu''on pourrait qualifier d''OVNI littéraire de par sa typographie ahurissante, est avant tout une histoire poignante et magnifique écrite sur un ton léger, truculent, jubilatoire ! Laissez-vous surprendre et entraîner par ce magnifique roman, l''un des meilleurs de ces dernières années. Si vous n''avez pas encore lu le premier roman de ce jeune écrivain, Tout est illuminé, un ouvrage lui aussi ébouriffant, n''hésitez pas à le découvrir dans la foulée !Caroline Cremona, Libraire, Payot-La Chaux-de-Fonds

Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center attacks, searches the five boroughs of New York City for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind.

A young man visits Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Partly narrated by a Ukrainian translator with fractured English language, and partly by the young man, the past meets the present, as fiction collides with reality in an unforgettable climax in this risible tale.

With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man -- also named Jonathan Safran Foer -- sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war; an amorous dog named Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior; and the unforgettable Alex, a young Ukrainian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English, Jonathan is led on a quixotic journey over a devastated landscape and into an unexpected past.