The Book of My Lives

Resumen del libro

The first nonfiction book'searing, revealing, unforgettable'from one of our most acclaimed writers.

Aleksandar Hemons lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boys life is consumed by football, by resentment of his younger sister, and by occasional trips abroad with his engineer-cum-beekeeper father; and where a young mans life is about poking at the pretensions of the citys elders with American music, bad poetry, and slightly better journalism.

Yet this is not really a memoir. It is a lovesong to Sarajevo and to Hemons adopted Chicago; it is a heartbreaking paean to the bonds of family; it is a stirring exhortation to go out and play football - 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 reader - a different person, with a new way of looking at the world.

For fans of Hemons fiction, The Book of My Lives is simply indispensable. For the uninitiated, it is the perfect introduction to one of the great writers of our time.