The book of my lives / Aleksandar Hemon.
The book of my lives / Aleksandar Hemon.
By
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Hemon, Aleksandar, 1964-
Publication Date
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2013
Publication Information
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Edition
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1st ed.
Physical Description
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viii, 214 p.
Subject Term
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Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Summary
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Aleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boy's life is consumed with street soccer with the neighborhood kids, resentment of his younger sister, and trips abroad with his engineer-cum-beekeeper father; a young man's life is about poking at elder pretensions with American music, bad poetry, and slightly better journalism. And then, his life in Chicago: watching from afar as war breaks out and the city comes under siege; his parents and sister fleeing Sarajevo, leaving behind all they had ever known; and Hemon himself starting a new life in this new city. And yet this is not really a memoir--Hemon's first book of nonfiction defies convention and expectation. It is a love song to two different cities; it is a paean to the bonds of family; it is an exhortation to go out and play soccer--and not for the exercise. It is a book driven by passions but built on fierce intelligence, devastating experience, and sharp insight. And like the best narratives, it is a book that will leave you a different person, with a new way of looking at the world.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780374115739
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Holyrood (AHD) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 814.6 H37 | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT NFIC - BASEMENT | Adult Non-Fiction - Basement | 814.6 H37 | Checked In |