The Question of Bruno - Rilegato

Hemon, Aleksandar

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ISBN 10: 038549923X ISBN 13: 9780385499231

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 2000

Riassunto

Set in Chicago and Sarajevo, a series of interconnected short stories and a novella explores the trauma of war and reveals the struggle of an exile to build a new life in a new land, in a collection that includes "Blind Jozef Pronek and Dead Souls" and "The Sorge Spy Ring." A first collection.

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"Astute and affecting, Aleksandar Hemon's The Question of Bruno is a complex and delicately crafted collection, as unsettling as it is hopeful."
--Nathan Englander

"Aleksandar Hemon is a striking new voice in fiction.  I admire his work tremendously."
--Amy Tan

"To the elite ranks of writers from Eastern Europe--Conrad, Nabokov, and Kosinski among them--add the name of Aleksandar Hemon.  Though compelled by circumstance to emigrate from their native tongues, Hemon's predecessors have, through the force of their intellects and unbowed imaginations, exerted a transformational effect on literature in English.  The Question of Bruno promises no less."
--Stuart Dybek

"Extraordinary.  Provocative.  Anarchic, yet beautifully controlled.  In fact, it is difficult to find the proper words with which to praise this book--it creates a sort of awed silence around itself."
--Colum McCann

"The Question of Bruno is a boldly original book of stories, made stronger by its elegant craft, and the fine balance of darkness and humor.  Join me in welcoming Mr. Hemon not only to the United States, but to the larger country of literature."
--Chris Offutt author of Kentucky Straight and Out of the Woods

L'autore:

Aleksandar Hemon was born in Sarajevo in 1964.  He moved to Chicago in 1992 with only a basic command of English.  He began writing in English in 1995.  His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, and Best American Short Stories 1999, among other publications, and will appear in the forthcoming Best American Short Stories 2000.  He continues to live in Chicago with his wife, Lisa Stodder, a Chicago native.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 038549923X
• ISBN 13: 9780385499231
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 230