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Love & Obstacles
Aleksandar Hemon
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Description for Love & Obstacles
Paperback. An electrifying masterclass in international storytelling from one of the most original writers at work in English today Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
‘Some of the richest delights in contemporary fiction, as well as some of the best jokes’ – Guardian
From the prize-winning author of The World and All That It Holds, Aleksandar Hemon, Love and Obstacles is a stunningly original collection of short fiction.
The explosive perils of adolescence, a country falling apart, the overwhelming vertigo of striking out abroad: this is life in which love is only one of many obstacles.
From Sarajevo to the darkest heart of Africa, deepest Slovenia, and the melting pot of Chicago, this brilliant and restlessly inventive collection is shot through with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
168g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330464444
SKU
V9780330464444
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About Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Making of Zombie Wars; The Book of My Lives, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times bestseller; The World and All That It Holds; and ... Read more
Reviews for Love & Obstacles
If there is a more inspired writer of fiction than Aleksandar Hemon currently at work in English, I haven’t read him. Startlingly fresh and original . . . Read and rejoice
GQ
Eccentric, witty and alive with compassion
Observer
Much of the wonder here is in his swaggeringly supple prose, which is by turns delectably lavish ... Read more
GQ
Eccentric, witty and alive with compassion
Observer
Much of the wonder here is in his swaggeringly supple prose, which is by turns delectably lavish ... Read more