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You'd think every book would be about literature and writing, but there are some literary characters whom we don't think have ever cracked a book. (Anastasia SteeleĀ says she loves British literature, but honestly, where does she find the time?)
One of the main characters in Everything is Illuminated, however, is a writer. A writer named Jonathan Safran Foer. That's right: there's a character in this book named after the author of the book. That's a big flag that this is going to be a literary journey. In this book, we not only read about Jonathan's journey, we read what he's writing about the journey. Get ready for some hardcore bookception, Shmoopers.
Everything is Illuminated isn't really about the story; it's about how the story is told.
Even though the story Jonathan creates about Trachimbrod is fictional, that doesn't mean it's not true.