The Question of Bruno, Aleksandar Hemon
The Question of Bruno, Aleksandar Hemon
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The Question of Bruno

Author: Aleksandar Hemon

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki;Gabrielle de Cuir;Vikas Adam

Unabridged: 7 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/15/2014

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories


Synopsis

In this stylistically adventurous, brilliantly funny tour de forcethe most highly acclaimed debut since Nathan EnglandersAleksander Hemon writes of love and war, Sarajevo and America, with a skill and imagination that are breathtaking. A love affair is experienced in the blink of an eye as the Archduke Ferdinand watches his wife succumb to an assassins bullet. An exiled writer, working in a sandwich shop in Chicago, adjusts to the absurdities of his life. Love letters from war torn Sarajevo navigate the art of getting from point A to point B without being shot. With a sure-footed sense of detail and life-saving humor, Aleksandar Hemon examines the overwhelming events of history and the effect they have on individual lives. These heartrending stories bear the unmistakable mark of an important international writer.

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 Alta on July 20, 2009

As a Bosnian who now lives in the States and writes in English, Aleksandar Hemon has been compared to Nabokov, Conrad, Kundera and even Hrabal. While these comparisons are, certainly, flattering, it is obvious that they are made simply because these are the cultural references the reviewers or the b......more

Goodreads review by Draganf on July 18, 2020

Ne piše mi se pa ću samo kratko o uspjesima domaćih pisaca u svijetu. Hemon je, bez sumnje, najčitaniji živi 'domaći' pisac u bijelom svijetu, što se vidi i po broju čitalaca na Goodreadsu. Naravno, čovjek živi u SAD i piše na engleskom, ali svejedno. E, sad, dok sam čitao ovu knjigu, neprestano mi s......more

Goodreads review by Bobbi on March 04, 2008

i read this the first semester of my master's program. it was like a key turning in a lock. it completely changed the way i approach writing. the best collection of inter-related short stories i've read. ever.......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on April 20, 2025

En bosnisk-født amerikansk statsborger med serbisk-bosniske & bosnisk-ukrainske rødder formår på 230 sider at sammenstykke samtlige erindrende noveller der fortæller om meget af det sjove, skøre (og til tider relaterbare), sadistiske, forfærdelige, fjogede og fantastiske ved folket i, og myten om, d......more

Goodreads review by Onur on December 17, 2021

Aslında sıcağı sıcağına yorumlayabilseydim çok iyi olacaktı zira Zambra'nın şu an okumakta olduğum kitabındaki bir tespiti ile ilişkilendirecektim, ama yorum yazma isteği (hemen herkes gibi) daima canlı kalan bir şey değil, daha sonra yazarım deyince ve işin içine günlük rutinler, can sıkıcı olaylar......more