Oskar is an inventor, a Francophile, a tambourine player, a Shakespearean actor, a goldsmith and a pacifist. He is nine years
old and he is in the midst of an urgent and secret
search around New York City, seeking the lock that fits a mysterious key that belongs to his
father, who was killed at the attack on the Twin Towers. Oskar is an inspired creature, charming, irritating, and unforgettable. The search for the lock leads him from Central Park to Coney Island and the Bronx as well as into history, to Drezden and Hiroshima, where the terrifying bombs once destroyed other lives. Along his way, Oscar meets the delightful diversity of humanity – a 103-year-old military reporter, a tour guide who never leaves the Empire state Building, scornful
lovers, happy lovers – all of whom are survivors in their own way. Eventually he ends his journey in the same place where he started it – his father’s
tomb. However, now he is accompanied by a tight-lipped stranger who rents a room in Oscar’s grandmother’s flat. They are both there, at the tomb, in order to dig it and reach the father’s empty coffin. Written with quite an amazing sense of humour, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a most powerful book, one that carries away its readers into an enchanting mystery.
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