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Jan 8, 2025 | 
pescanik.net | Aleksandar Hemon
U pripovijeci Vladimira Nabokova „Lik“ nalazi se i sljedeći pasus:„Kod starijih ljudi koji su se našli nasukani ne samo van granica svoje zemlje nego i svojih života, nostalgija se razvije u neobično složen organ, koji radi bez prestanka i čije lučenje nadomješta sve ono što je izgubljeno; ili pak postane fatalni tumor na duši zbog kojeg je teško disati, spavati ili se družiti sa bezbrižnim strancima.
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May 20, 2024 | 
aliciakennedy.news | Siobhan Phillips |Yemisi Aribisala |Aleksandar Hemon |Danielle Dutton
Siobhan Phillips is an English professor and the author of Benefit, a novel about money, sugar, and higher education that I had the privilege to discuss with her when it came out in 2021.
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May 13, 2024 | 
aliciakennedy.news | Yemisi Aribisala |Aleksandar Hemon |Alicia Kennedy
I have a years-long obsession (apparently) with people thinking itâs somehow hip or interesting to drink whole milk. Itâs this absolute nonsense perspective on the world that comes from people being in little urban bubbles of irony and demographic inertia, where they seem to believe plant-based milk or veganism generally have gotten such a firm grasp that whatâs truly interesting is⊠cowâs milk.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
laphamsquarterly.org | Aleksandar Hemon |Kara Cooney
Most truly honored, and as truly dear, If worth in me or aught I do appear Who can of right better demand the same Than may your worthy self, from whom it came? The principal might yield a greater sum, Yet, handled ill, amounts but to this crumb. My stock’s so small I know not how to pay, My bond remains in force unto this day; Yet for part payment take this simple mite. Where nothing’s to be had kings lose their right.
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Nov 12, 2023 | 
corriere.it | Aleksandar Hemon
Sarajevo, 1914L’Altissimo continuava a creare mondi e distruggerli, creare mondi e distruggerli,finché, un attimo prima di lasciar perdere, se ne uscì con questo. E avrebbe potuto essere molto peggio, questo mondo e tutto ciò che contiene, dato che qui so innegabilmente procurarmi roba interessante. Vediamo: LAPIS INFERNALIS, LAUDANO, accanto, LAVANDA. Pinto prese il laudano dallo scaffale e così facendo rovesciò il barattolo di lavanda, che per miracolo non si aprì cadendo sul pavimento.
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Aug 27, 2023 | 
hachette.fr | Aleksandar Hemon
Onglets livre "La guerre a une odeur et des bruits bien à elle, tout et tout le monde en sont imprégnés, les petits cheveux sur ta nuque se hérissent, l’air se raréfie et le peu qui en reste a des relents de sang et de sueur mortelle." 28 juin 1914. Tandis que l’archiduc François-Ferdinand arrive à Sarajevo en grande pompe, Rafael Pinto, Juif séfarade et apothicaire, concocte des remèdes aux herbes dans sa boutique.
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May 27, 2023 | 
revealmagazines.com | Reveal Magazines |Jade Prévost-Manuel |Aleksandar Hemon |Colson Whitehead
Reading is enjoyable for a variety of reasons. It allows us to escape our own reality and immerse ourselves in a different world or perspective. This can be a refreshing break from our daily lives and can provide a sense of adventure or excitement. When we read about characters and their experiences, we can develop a sense of empathy and understanding for others. This can be a powerful way to connect with people who are different from us and broaden our perspectives.
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May 12, 2023 | 
powells.com | Elisa Gabbert |Cal Flyn |Doireann Ní Ghríofa |Aleksandar Hemon
Literary — or alternatively: creative; narrative — nonfiction is more or less what it says on the tin.
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Jan 24, 2023 | 
lithub.com | Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon 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, and the 2020 Dos Passos Prize. He lives in Chicago.
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Jan 23, 2023 | 
post-gazette.com | Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon’s recent novel, “The World And All That It Holds,” is an endearing journey of romance, time, faith, human migration, war, resilience, ever-enduring hope, addiction, tragedy and a love that is unconditional and seemingly bound eternal through nearly a hundred years of lived experiences. The book — whose author will give a free reading at City of Asylum on Tuesday evening — follows the life of Rafael Pinto, a young Jewish Bosnian pharmacist living in early 1900s Sarajevo.
