Nowhere Man - Brossura

Hemon, Aleksandar

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0330393502 ISBN 13: 9780330393508

Casa editrice: Pan Macmillan, 2009

Riassunto

`Aleksandar Hemon has established himself as that rare thing, an essential writer. Another small act of defiance against this narrowing world' Observer `His language sings . . . I should not be surprised if Hemon wins the Nobel Prize at some point' Giles Foden In Aleksandar Hemon's electrifying first book, The Question of Bruno, Jozef Pronek left Sarajevo to visit Chicago in 1992, just in time to watch war break out at home on TV. Unable to return, he began to make his way in a foreign land and his adventures were unforgettable. Now Pronek, the accidental nomad, gets his own book, and startles us into yet more exhilarating ways of seeing the world anew. `If the plot is mercury, quick and elusive, sentence by sentence and word for word, Aleksandar Hemon's writing is gold' Times Literary Supplement `Downbeat but also hilarious, while the writing itself is astonishing' Time Out `Hemon can't write a boring sentence, and the English language is the richer for it' New York Times `Sheer exuberance, generosity and engagement with life' Sunday Times In Aleksandar Hemon's electrifying first book, The Question of Bruno, Jozef Pronek left Sarajevo to visit Chicago in 1992, just in time to watch war break out at home on TV. Unable to return, he began to make his way in a foreign land and his adventures were unforgettable. Now Pronek, the accidental nomad, gets his own book, and startles us into yet more exhilarating ways of seeing the world anew.

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‘His language sings . . . I should not be surprised if Hemon wins the Nobel Prize at some point’ Giles Foden

‘Hemon can’t write a boring sentence, and the English language is the richer for it’ New York Times

‘Aleksandar Hemon has established himself as that rare thing, an essential writer. Another small act of defiance against this narrowing world’ Observer

‘Sheer exuberance, generosity and engagement with life’ Sunday Times

‘Downbeat but also hilarious, while the writing itself is astonishing’ Time Out

‘If the plot is mercury, quick and elusive, sentence by sentence and word for word, Aleksandar Hemon’s writing is gold’ Times Literary Supplement

Descrizione del libro

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

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

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Pan Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0330393502
• ISBN 13: 9780330393508
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 256