![]() She gives Jonathan a box full of mementos from Trachimbrod: rings, necklaces, scraps of paper, and photos, among other things. However, she is the last surviving person from Trachimbrod. ![]() They journey from Lvov, Ukraine into the countryside, where they find a woman who claims to be Augustine. They're accompanied by Alex's grandfather and his "Seeing Eye b****" (1.10) Sammy Davis Junior, Junior, a dog who loves to chew her own tail. ![]() In one corner, we have a relatively modern story (late 90s, we're thinking, as the story ends in 1998) featuring a translator and tour guide named Alex Perchov who is guiding a man named Jonathan Safran Foer (yes, same name as the guy whose name is on the cover of the book) on a quest to find both Trachimbrod, the village where his grandfather grew up, and Augustine, a woman who saved Jonathan's grandfather during the war. Everything is Illuminated is basically two-two-two books in one! ![]()
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