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Aleksandar Hemon

Born

in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

September 09, 1964

Website

http://www.aleksandarhemon.com/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

Vladimir Nabokov, Kafka, Danilo Kiš ...more

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Hemon graduated from the University of Sarajevo with a degree in literature in 1990. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1992 and found that he was unable to write in Bosnian and spoke little English.

In 1995, he started writing works in English and managed to showcase his work in prestigious magazines such as the New Yorker and Esquire. He 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. He li ...more

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Aleksandar Hemon’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 30,475 ratings · 3,808 reviews · 62 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lazarus Project 3.57 avg rating — 6,704 ratings — published 2008 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of My Lives 4.17 avg rating — 3,366 ratings — published 2013 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nowhere Man 3.71 avg rating — 2,587 ratings — published 2002 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World and All That It Holds 3.84 avg rating — 1,987 ratings — published 2023 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Question of Bruno 3.96 avg rating — 1,519 ratings — published 2000 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Obstacles 3.84 avg rating — 1,468 ratings — published 2008 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of Zombie Wars 3.10 avg rating — 1,049 ratings — published 2015 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Parents: An Introduction / This Does Not Belong to You 4.08 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 2019 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best European Fiction 2010 3.76 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best European Fiction 2011 by Aleksandar Hemon (editor), Colum McCann (Goodreads Author) (Preface) 3.85 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Aleksandar Hemon (?)

“Home is where somebody notices when you are no longer there. ”
― Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project

tags: home, life

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“When I look at my old pictures, all I can see is what I used to be but am no longer. I think: What I can see is what I am not.”
― Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project

tags: life, photographs, photography, pictures

186 likes

“Your nightmares follow you like a shadow, forever. ”
― Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project

tags: life, nightmares, shadows

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Please take into account the availability, cost, and length of books when voting for them. Remember, if you vote for a book and it wins, you are implicitly promising to read the book and participate in the discussion. The poll will be open through July 31st. Discussion will begin September 1st.

All the Living by C.E. Morgan

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The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth Mckenzie

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The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee

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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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The Making of Zombie Wars by Aleksandar Hemon

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