An intimate portrait of immigration, family, and the heartbreaking (and sometimes hilarious) things that happen along the way from the author Colum McCann calls "the greatest writer of our generation." In My Parents , Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents' immigration from Bosnia to Canada--of the lives that were upended in the Siege of Sarajevo and the new lives his parents were forced to build. As ever with his work, Hemon portrays both the perfect, intimate details (his mother's lonely upbringing, his father ...
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An intimate portrait of immigration, family, and the heartbreaking (and sometimes hilarious) things that happen along the way from the author Colum McCann calls "the greatest writer of our generation." In My Parents , Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents' immigration from Bosnia to Canada--of the lives that were upended in the Siege of Sarajevo and the new lives his parents were forced to build. As ever with his work, Hemon portrays both the perfect, intimate details (his mother's lonely upbringing, his father's fanatical beekeeping) and a sweeping, heartbreaking history of his native country, from the rule of Otto von Bismarck to the massacres that shocked the world. It is a story full of many Hemons, of course--his parents, sister, uncles, cousins--and also of German occupying forces, Yugoslav communist revolutionary partisans, royalist Serb collaborators, and a few befuddled Canadians. That would be enough to astound readers and yet Hemon also shares an untampered series of beautifully distilled memories and observations titled This Does Not Belong to You , the perfect complement to a major work from a major writer who is about to become unignorable.
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Add this copy of My Parents / This Does Not Belong to You to cart. $58.90, very good condition, Sold by 8trax Media rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Mansfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Hamish Hamilton.
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Fine in Fine, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) A "flip" book with two books in one volume; complete number line from 1 to 10; signed by Alexsandar Hemon on the title page of My Parents with no inscription; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs gathered in a section between the two books.
Add this copy of My Parents / This Does Not Belong to You to cart. $103.94, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Hamish Hamilton.
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Fine in Fine (-) jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (CAD) 1st printing of the First edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page of This Does Not Belong to You, no other markigns, Fine in Fine (-) dust jacket with a tiny tear just to the top corner of the front falp fold (about 1/8" long). Dj is in mylar sleeve. This is flip-format book with two novels, one on each side of the book. 188pp then 10 unnumbered pages of photos; then flipping the book over 182pp. This is a memoire of the author's parents immigrtation from the seige of Sarajevo and the lives they built in North America. This Does Not Belong to You is a companion piece to My Parents. Hemon has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation. (2.0 JM HOJ 301/2.
