The book of my lives
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
ISBN
9780374115739 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0374115737 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Acorn Public Library District - Stacks | 814.6 HEM | On Shelf |
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - Stacks | 814.6 HEM | On Shelf |
Batavia Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 813.6 HEM | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | BIOGRAPHY HEMON, A. | On Shelf |
Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks | 814 HEM | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
viii, 214 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780374115739 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0374115737 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes
Description
Aleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boy's life is consumed with street soccer with the neighborhood kids, resentment of his younger sister, and trips abroad with his engineer-cum-beekeeper father; a young man's life is about poking at elder pretensions with American music, bad poetry, and slightly better journalism. And then, his life in Chicago: watching from afar as war breaks out and the city comes under siege; his parents and sister fleeing Sarajevo, leaving behind all they had ever known; and Hemon himself starting a new life in this new city. And yet this is not really a memoir--Hemon's first book of nonfiction defies convention and expectation. It is a love song to two different cities; it is a paean to the bonds of family; it is an exhortation to go out and play soccer--and not for the exercise. It is a book driven by passions but built on fierce intelligence, devastating experience, and sharp insight. And like the best narratives, it is a book that will leave you a different person, with a new way of looking at the world.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hemon, A. (2013). The book of my lives . Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hemon, Aleksandar, 1964-. 2013. The Book of My Lives. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hemon, Aleksandar, 1964-. The Book of My Lives Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hemon, Aleksandar. The Book of My Lives Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
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