The Lazarus Project

Name: The Lazarus Project
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Aleksandar Hemon
ISBN: 9781440708589

Author: Aleksandar Hemon

Narrator: Jefferson Mays

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/27/2009

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Bosnian-American author and MacArthur genius recipient Aleksandar Hemon pens novels of high insight and deft literary accomplishment. The Lazarus Project, alternating between turn-of-the-century Chicago and modern times, features a man attempting to reimagine the death of a Jewish immigrant. "... there's pathos and outrage enough to chip away at even the hardest of hearts."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

About 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes

'The Lazarus Project' by Aleksandar Hemon is a subtle book about loss of place. In one’s memories where home/family/friends/history usually lives on, usually a place of fuzzy warmth in the heart similar to that of being hugged by Mother, remembrances of being a child free from responsibilities, inst......more

Goodreads review by Karen

Jeremy gave this book three stars and said that if he'd picked it up before reading Hemon's other stuff, he might have given it more. I feel exactly the same way. This book certainly isn't bad, and I think Hemon has a lot of potential as a writer. But it seems like the whole world has been telling h......more