Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer's third novel centers on Jacob and Julia Bloch, a married couple in Washington whose relationship is coming apart, and their three sons. Over the span of about a month, the family faces a series of crises at once, from a secret discovered between the spouses to a devastating earthquake that throws the state of Israel into danger. Foer uses these personal and global ruptures to ask what people owe their families, their faith, and their homelands, and what it means to be present for the people you love. The book mixes domestic comedy, sharp dialogue, and large questions about identity. Published in 2016, it was his first novel in eleven years and was widely reviewed on its release.
Also by Jonathan Safran Foer
What you might want to know about Here I Am
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
A Jewish American family in Washington unravels over four weeks as a marriage falls apart and a crisis strikes Israel.
It follows a Jewish American family in Washington over roughly a month as a marriage collapses and a major crisis unfolds in Israel, raising questions about family, faith, and belonging.
No. It is a standalone novel and was Foer's first work of fiction in eleven years after Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Here I Am was written by Jonathan Safran Foer, published in 2016 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Here I Am is 592 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Here I Am takes most readers 9 to 13 hours to finish.
Here I Am is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
