What is the setting of Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer?

The novel is set in the Ukraine, particularly in the large city of Odessa and the countryside where Trachimbrod once existed. Jonathan, Alex, and Grandfather spend a lot of time driving around the countryside outside Lutsk. This area is mostly rural and leaves the characters feeling out of place because they are accustomed to the large city. The narratives in which the author tells the story of Trachimbrod also takes place in this rural area. However, during these narratives, the shtetl is populated by an amusing group of people who live their lives with religious fervor and contented leisure.