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Nowhere Man
Nowhere Man | Aleksandar Hemon
2 posts | 3 read | 7 to read
In this stylistically adventurous, brilliantly funny tour de force-the most highly acclaimed debut since Nathan Englander's-Aleksander Hemon writes of love and war, Sarajevo and America, with a skill and imagination that are breathtaking. A love affair is experienced in the blink of an eye as the Archduke Ferdinand watches his wife succumb to an assassin's bullet. An exiled writer, working in a sandwich shop in Chicago, adjusts to the absurdities of his life. Love letters from war torn Sarajevo navigate the art of getting from point A to point B without being shot. With a surefooted sense of detail and life-saving humor, Aleksandar Hemon examines the overwhelming events of history and the effect they have on individual lives. These heartrending stories bear the unmistakable mark of an important new international writer. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Andrea313
Andrea313
Nowhere Man | Aleksandar Hemon
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Each of these have sentimental connections to my husband. Nowhere Man was the first book he ever gave me; his lengthy inscription is a gift in itself. For an anniversary, he gave me a copy of Pilgrim's Progress once owned by Matilda Dodge Wilson, a Detroit-area legend of a woman. And the Lane book was one he almost bought and then didn't because "I remembered at the last minute that you hate her." True love, folks. ? #3Books #ThatWereGiftedToMe

Andrea313 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620 4y
OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚🎁 4y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Too cute!! ❤️😂❤️ 4y
Leftcoastzen Lovely memories! Love that Pilgrims Progress! 4y
Andrea313 @Leftcoastzen It's such a beautiful edition! I feel lucky to have it. 4y
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EadieB
EadieB
Nowhere Man | Aleksandar Hemon
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On the 1,001 books list. Jozef Pronek is from Sarajevo who left to visit Chicago in 1992. War breaks out in his hometown. He has a series of global adventures. The final episode illustrates to us what it means to be a Nowhere Man. The author‘s use of similes shows us the caliber of his writing. An engrossing narrative, warmth and humor. A protagonist who provokes an exhilarating sense of seeing everything new again. A bit choppy in some areas.

Suet624 Sounds intriguing. 6y
EadieB Not bad but not the best read. I‘m reading from the 1001 books to read before you die list so I read one now and then. I have completed over 200. I just really liked the similes which I think is the strength of the book. 6y
MommyWantsToReadHerBook That list is interesting, I should look at it again 6y
MommyWantsToReadHerBook I still have a book I got just because if was on the list that I never read more than a few pages of because it was incomprehensible.
[tagged book]At Swim-two-birds
6y
EadieB You have to wonder sometimes who approves some books that are on that list. 6y
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