Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Resources

Websites

Two Books in One

While we wait for "Four by Foer" you can get his two novels in one volume to tide you over.

Penguins, and other Birds

Get a look at the UK cover featuring a boy and some birds (no penguins).

Movie or TV Productions

Extremely Sandra and Incredibly Tom

The official website for the 2011 film, starring newcomer Thomas Horn as Oskar, Tom Hanks as Dad, and Sandra Bullock as Mom. (What, no Meg Ryan?)

Extremely Treacly and Incredibly Pretentious

In case you couldn't tell by that headline, the Rotten Tomatoes consensus on the film wasn't exactly incredibly glowing.

Articles and Interviews

Good Morning, Jonathan

The Morning News interviewed Jonathan Safran Foer in 2005, letting us know that we had been pronouncing his name wrong for years.

Going the "Distance"

Isn't it appropriate that a magazine named Guernica interviewed the man who wrote a book about 9/11?

Freshly Pressed

The official press release is an information cornucopia and an interview all in one.

Unintended Meaning

Foer suggests some smart readers might find more in his book than he intended. Are you up to the challenge?

Videos

A Story About Loss

Foer puts his book into his own words… again… in this brief interview.

Judging Books by their Covers

JSF says that he used to read books based on their cover. Would you have picked EL&IC based on cover alone?

Widely Read

Everyone loves Everything is Illuminated. In this video, JSF tries to get people to love Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, too.

Audio

More Rotten Tomatoes

David Edelstein is extremely loud when he says the movie is "incredibly manipulative."

Consider This

Alan Cheuse also calls Jonathan Safran Foer a Boy Wonder. Does this mean he'll be in the next Batman movie?

Images

Need to Borough a Map?

Not from NYC? Here's how to navigate the five boroughs like Oskar.

View from the Top

Here's the view from the Empire State Building's Observation deck.