Wikimedia Commons: Minonk, Illinois. Minonk is a city in Minonk Township, Woodford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,078 at the 2010 census, down from 2,168 in 2000. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Everything is Illuminated chronicles a young, Jewish-American writer's attempt to research his grandfather's life in Ukraine. Jonathan, who has the same name as the book's author, is attempting to find his grandfather's shtetl, Trachimbrod.
Hi, I'm pondering over the meaning of illuminated here. A man waits his girlfriend in his car. It is nightime so the interior light is on. The interior light was on in his car and she could see his face, illuminated as he looked at her, his eyes holding hers..it up by / illuminated by the interior light, not by love or passion or even aglow with happiness. It's a bit poetic - like his eyes holding hers-slushy even! More normal English would be : ..... and she could see his face, lit up by the interior light of the car, looking at her, his eyes fixed on hers.