Before Thomas died, he called his home several times, but no one took the phone so he left some messages behind on the answering machine. His grandfather left her when she was pregnant of Thomas. Now he lives with his mom and her new friend Ron, who doesn’t like him at all. Oscar lost his dad, Thomas, with the horrible attack at the World Trade Center. The book Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close immediately starts with the thoughts of Oscar Shell, a 9 year old boy. People who travel half of the world to be away of their beloved, and people who keep on walking in a city so they don’t have to go home.’Īnd also of course Oskar’s relationship with his dad, at the same time loud and quiet, close and far away. Some characters in the book don’t speak and some characters don’t listen. Writer Foer says in an interview: ‘There is so much quiet and far away. Next to this, the future also is loud and close for Oskar, same as love. For Oscar’s parents, who survived the attack on Dresden in Germany, and for Oscar who lost his father with the attack on the World Trade Center in New York. Some things in this book are loud and close, like the war. The title Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close says multiple things.
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