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The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon (2008, Hardcover)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Original Language
- English
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Age Level
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Modified Item
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Era
- 20th Century
- Special Attributes
- Dust Jacket
- Cultural Region
- American Literature
- ISBN
- 9781594489884
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594489882
ISBN-13
9781594489884
eBay Product ID (ePID)
118542529
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lazarus Project
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Literary, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-006834
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Praise for Aleksandar Hemon: aHemon canat write a boring sentence, and the English language (which he adopted at a late age) is the richer for it. . . . Antic and ingenious.a aGary Shteyngart, "The New York Times Book Review" a[With "The Question of Bruno"] Hemon proved himself as inventive as Nabokov or Salman Rushdie. He seemed, in other words, to possess the kind of bold talent that doesnat come around very often. And in his follow-up book, Hemon again displays his prodigious giftsanearly every sentence of this novel is infused with energy and wit. . . . A true original.a a"Los Angeles Times" aNow hereas a reason to get excited: a true work of art thatas as vast and mysterious as life itself. This tender, devastating book is evidence indeed that Hemon is a writer of rare artistry and dept.a a"Esquire" aAn extraordinary writer: one who seems not simply gifted but necessary.a a"The New York Times", Masterful … Ingenious…Whether describing turn-of-the-century Chicago, with its mean tenements and decrepit outhouses, or the ‘onionesque armpits’ of a Moldovan pimp or an ‘unreal McDonald’s’ in Moldova, ‘shiny and sovereign and structurally optimistic,’ Hemon is as much a writer of the senses as of the intellect. He can be very funny: The novel is full of jokes and linguistics riffs that justify comparisons to Nabokov.” —Washington Post Book World Hemon’s self-assured first-person narration has resulted in a tightly woven novel, a physical, historical, and pre-eminently psychological journey…His prose is beautiful and imperative.” —San Francisco Chronicle The Lazarus Projectis the fearless and spirited expression of a turbulent literary talent and, at the same time, a cold, fierce blast of moral outrage. For all Hemon’s nods to other writers—one catches glimpses not only of Nabokov and Sebald but of Bulgakov, Pamuk, Amis, Poe—he is entirely his own man, an original who owes no debts to anyone.” —Bookforum A beautifully rendered reevaluation of a previously misunderstood chapter in the history of immigration to America—which is to say, in the history of America itself … Hemon’s work describes and defines what it means to be a new citizen in this land. Books like The Lazarus Projectshould make us glad he’s here.” —Miami Herald The Lazarus Projectis a remarkable, and remarkably entertaining, chronicle of loss and hopelessness and cruelty propelled by an eloquent, irritable existential unease. It is, against all odds, full of humor and full of jokes. It is, at the same time, inexpressibly sad.” —The New York Times Book Review A measured, clear spotlight of injustice, made all the more eloquent by the prickly humor of the author.” —Los Angeles Times Hemon is immensely talented—a natural storyteller and a poet, a maker of amazing, gorgeous sentences in what is his second language.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review In [The Lazarus Project]…the search is not merely for the facts of one man's life, but for more complex truths about life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.” — The Boston Globe [The Lazarus Project] will challenge you to look closely at the world we inhabit. It will make you ask questions. Questions about death and life and remembrance. The kind of questions Hemon is known for. The kind we need more of.” — Esquire A profoundly moving novel that finds striking parallels between the America of a hundred years ago and now, as an immigrant Bosnian author, straining to come to terms with his identity, returns to his troubled homeland…A literary page-turner that combines narrative momentum with meditations on identity and mortality.” —Kirkus Reviews A story filled with death, despair, missed connections and aching ironies that somehow manages to be full of humor and hope --a neat trick whose secret must lie somewhere in Hemon's skilled use of his adopted language.” —The Sunday Oregonian A meditation on life and death and on the bonds between people, even people one has never met - perhaps even especially people one has never met…This is as engrossing a novel as I've read in some time.” —Rocky Mountain News Praise for Aleksandar Hemon: Hemon can’t write a boring sentence, and the English language (which he adopted at a late age) is the richer for it. . . . Antic and ingenious.” —Gary Shteyngart, The New York Times Book Review [With The Question of Bruno] Hemon proved himself as inventive as Nabokov or Salman Rushdie., Praise for Aleksandar Hemon: Hemon can’t write a boring sentence, and the English language (which he adopted at a late age) is the richer for it. . . . Antic and ingenious.” —Gary Shteyngart, The New York Times Book Review [With The Question of Bruno] Hemon proved himself as inventive as Nabokov or Salman Rushdie. He seemed, in other words, to possess the kind of bold talent that doesn’t come around very often. And in his follow-up book, Hemon again displays his prodigious gifts—nearly every sentence of this novel is infused with energy and wit. . . . A true original.” —Los Angeles Times Now here’s a reason to get excited: a true work of art that’s as vast and mysterious as life itself. This tender, devastating book is evidence indeed that Hemon is a writer of rare artistry and dept.” —Esquire An extraordinary writer: one who seems not simply gifted but necessary.” —The New York Times
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Photographed by
Chicago Historical Society Staff, Bozovic, Velibor
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
In two collections of stories, "The Question of Bruno" and the NBCC-finalist "Nowhere Man," Aleksandar Hemon has earned unmatched literary acclaim and a reputation as one of the English languageas most original and moving wordsmiths. In "The Lazarus Project," Hemon has turned these talents to an embracing novel that intertwines haunting historical atmosphere and detail with sharp and shimmeringasometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreakingacontemporary storytelling. On March 2, 1908, nineteen-year-old Lazarus Averbuch, a recent Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe to Chicago, knocked on the front door of the house of George Shippy, the chief of Chicago police. When Shippy came to the door, Averbuch offered him what he said was an important letter. Instead of taking the letter, Shippy shot Averbuch twice, killing him. When Shippy released a statement casting Averbuch as a would-be anarchist assassin and agent of foreign political operatives, he all but set off a city and a country already simmering with ethnic and political tensions. Now, in the twenty-first century, a young writer in Chicago, Brik, also from Eastern Europe, becomes obsessed with Lazarusas storyawhat really happened, and why? In order to understand Averbuch, Brik and his friend Roraawho overflows with stories of his life as a Sarajevo war photographeraretrace Averbuchas path across Eastern Europe, through a history of pogroms and poverty, and through a present-day landscape of cheap mafiosi and cheaper prostitutes. The stories of Averbuch and Brik become inextricably entwined, augmented by the photographs that Rora takes on their journey, creating a truly original, provocative, and entertaining novel that willconfirm Hemon once and for all as one of the most dynamic and essential literary voices of our time., In two collections of stories, The Question of Brunoand the NBCC-finalist Nowhere Man, Aleksandar Hemon has earned unmatched literary acclaim and a reputation as one of the English language’s most original and moving wordsmiths. In The Lazarus Project, Hemon has turned these talents to an embracing novel that intertwines haunting historical atmosphere and detail with sharp and shimmering—sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking—contemporary storytelling. On March 2, 1908, nineteen-year-old Lazarus Averbuch, a recent Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe to Chicago, knocked on the front door of the house of George Shippy, the chief of Chicago police. When Shippy came to the door, Averbuch offered him what he said was an important letter. Instead of taking the letter, Shippy shot Averbuch twice, killing him. When Shippy released a statement casting Averbuch as a would-be anarchist assassin and agent of foreign political operatives, he all but set off a city and a country already simmering with ethnic and political tensions. Now, in the twenty-first century, a young writer in Chicago, Brik, also from Eastern Europe, becomes obsessed with Lazarus’s story—what really happened, and why? In order to understand Averbuch, Brik and his friend Rora—who overflows with stories of his life as a Sarajevo war photographer—retrace Averbuch’s path across Eastern Europe, through a history of pogroms and poverty, and through a present-day landscape of cheap mafiosi and cheaper prostitutes. The stories of Averbuch and Brik become inextricably entwined, augmented by the photographs that Rora takes on their journey, creating a truly original, provocative, and entertaining novel that will confirm Hemon once and for all as one of the most dynamic and essential literary voices of our time., The much anticipated novel from MacArthur Award-winning writer Hemon is a story of historical sweep and contemporary insight crafted in a dazzlingly original style. Illustrated.
LC Classification Number
PS3608.E48L39 2008
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