Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and three books of short stories: The Question of Bruno; Nowhere Man, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Love and Obstacles. He was the recipient of a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship and a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation, and the 2020 Dos Passos Prize. He lives in Chicago.
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The Future of Everything
Aleksandar Hemon
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
MCD
The first book of poetry from Aleksandar Hemon, a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, National Book Award finalist, and budding multi-hyphenate artist.
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The World and All That It Holds
Aleksandar Hemon
Picador
Picador
The World and All That It Holds—in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory—showcases Aleksandar Hemon’s celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand,...
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My Parents: An Introduction / This Does Not Belong to You
Aleksandar Hemon
Picador
Picador
Two books in one in a flip dos-à-dos format: The story of Aleksandar Hemon’s parents’ immigration from Sarajevo to Canada and a book of short memories of the author’s family, friends,...
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The Book of My Lives
Aleksandar Hemon
Picador
Picador
A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Aleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, where boyhood is consumed by street soccer and sibling rivalry, and a...
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