Book Club: "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer

"Everything Is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer follows a young American Jew named Jonathan on a journey to the Ukraine to find Augustine, a woman who supposedly saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanying Jonathan are Alex, his Ukrainian translator, Alex's grandfather, and a dog named Sammy Davis Jr. The story blends Jonathan's personal quest with Alex's narrative and a fantastical history of Jonathan's grandfather's village.