Aleksandar Hemon Libri

Nell'arco di undici anni, Aleksandar Hemon ha composto un'autobiografia in quindici stazioni che hanno la lucidità del saggio, la pienezza del romanzo di formazione e la tagliente intelligenza di una lingua che canta il nostro tempo come nessun'altra. «Ho smesso da un pezzo di anelare a una vita normale. Ora mi va bene qualunque vita che mi consenta di scegliere e agire». Ma per scelte e azioni che solcano universi una vita sola non basta. Ne occorre una per lo skyline notturno del centro di Chicago e una per la mappatura sgomenta di una Sarajevo mutilata dalla guerra. Una per il gioco degli scacchi contrari, dove lo scopo è perdere. Una per il più assoluto dei dolori.

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The linked stories of "Love and Obstacles" center around a young man from Yugosalvia who immigrates to America. In dazzling prose, Hemon (himself an immigrant from Yugoslavia) portrays the complications, "the obstacles," of growing up in a Communist but cosmopolitan country, and the disintegration of that country and the consequent uprooting and move to America in young adulthood.

'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon's masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasThe World and All That It Holds is the epic, cross- continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his father. It's not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but it's nothing a dash of laudanum, a summer stroll and idle fantasies can't put in perspective.And then the world explodes. In the trenches in Galicia, fantasies fall flat. Heroism gets a man killed quickly. War devours all that they have known, and the only thing Pinto has to live for are the attentions of Osman, a fellow soldier, a man of action to complement Pinto's introspective, poetic soul; a charismatic storyteller and Pinto's protector and lover.Together, Pinto and Osman will escape the trenches and find themselves entangled with spies and Bolsheviks. As they travel over mountains and across deserts, from one world to another, all the way to Shanghai, it is Pinto's love for Osman that will truly survive.

Collects stories from thirty European countries by authors old and new

The mind- and language-bending adventures of Hemon's endearing protagonist Jozef Pronek.

The description highlights Aleksandar Hemon's remarkable talent and impact as a writer, suggesting that his work is currently resonating strongly within literary circles. The praise from Vanity Fair indicates that his storytelling and voice are captivating audiences, positioning him as a significant figure in contemporary literature.

The unprovoked murder of a Russian Jewish immigrant ignites a dazzling novel of flight, emigration and the meaning of home