Authors Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss welcome a son

In better-late-than-never news, Nicole Krauss, and her husband, Jonathan Safran Foer, welcomed their first child, a son, Sasha, back in January.

Jonathan is known for his novels Everything is Illuminated (which was made into a film directed by Liev Schreiber and starring Frodo) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close while Nicole is known for her latest, The History of Love.

In an interview on weeklydig.com, Jonathan said:

My life has really changed in the last year or two. Once I got married, my creative output cut way back. And having a kid, it cut back even more. It’s very satisfying in so many ways. I have diarrhea under my fingernails. It’s all I do.

[My son] gives me a whole new set of emotions to use. Before, I was still somebody who was a care-recipient in the world. And now I’m a care-giver. It’s totally different. It’s the first time I’ve experienced love as not a good thing, or not necessarily a good thing. Also, how do you explain loving something that doesn’t love you? My kid doesn’t love me. It’s the greatest unrequited love story of all time, having a kid.

It’s really the highlight. I think the thing I like most about him is his body. I don’t get to see it very often. It’s rare that I get to hold his whole naked body. And it’s the sweetest thing in the world.

Jonathan said young Sasha is a boob man, saying, "I know he loves breast-feeding. It’s such an overwhelming experience. I would really recommend it."

Source: weeklydig.com via daddytypes.com

Comments

Extremely Loud was a very good book, but I hate the name Sasha for a boy. Yeesh. Mia Farrow named her son Sascha, but that was back in the 1970s before it became predominately girl (Steven Spielberg, Jerry Seinfeld, etc).

- Emma on April 29th, 2006