Read Everything is Illuminated- It´s good.

A few days ago I finished Everthing is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. This book is terrific in the same way Middlesex is terrific. It spans so much time and history leaving you to question what occurred in history and what in the author´s imagination. Being a second language learner right now, I felt deep affection for Jonathan´s interpreter Alex who makes beatiful mistakes such as calling his grandfather retarded when he means retired. Alex co-author´s the book, and the story of his present life in the Ukraine unfolds alongside the story of Jonathan´s family´s history before the holocaust. The movie is coming out soon and looks high quality, but the book is really worth the read. On a side note, it took me a while to get into it, so stick with it if it doesn´t do it for you right away.