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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005
First edition, first printing. Hardcover.
Foer’s post-9/11 novel follows nine-year-old Oskar Schell as he searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father, who died in the World Trade Center attacks. The novel incorporates unconventional typography, photographs, blank pages, and layered narration, reflecting early 21st-century experimentation in literary form.
A true first printing of a novel that became both a bestseller and a fixture of academic discussion. Its combination of formal play and historical immediacy situates it firmly within post-9/11 American literature.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005
First edition, first printing. Hardcover.
Foer’s post-9/11 novel follows nine-year-old Oskar Schell as he searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father, who died in the World Trade Center attacks. The novel incorporates unconventional typography, photographs, blank pages, and layered narration, reflecting early 21st-century experimentation in literary form.
A true first printing of a novel that became both a bestseller and a fixture of academic discussion. Its combination of formal play and historical immediacy situates it firmly within post-9/11 American literature.