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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed distinctly by author in silver marker on black title page. The first nonfiction book - searing, revealing, unforgettable - from one of our most acclaimed writers Aleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boy's life is consumed with street soccer with his casually multiethnic group of friends, resentment of his younger sister, and trips abroad with his engineer-cum-beekeeper father. Here, a young man's life is about poking at the pretensions of the city's elders with American music, bad poetry, and slightly better journalism. And then Chicago: watching war break out in Sarajevo and the city come under siege, with no way to return home; the Hemons fleeing Sarajevo with the family dog, leaving behind all else they had ever known; and Hemon himself starting a new life, his own family, in this new city. And yet this is not really a memoir. Like Hemon's fiction, THE BOOK OF MY LIVES defies convention and expectation. It is a love song to two different cities; it is a heartbreaking paean to the bonds of family; it is a stirring exhortation to go out and play soccer - and not for the exercise. It is a book driven by passion but built on fierce intelligence, devastating experience, and sharp insight. And like the best narratives, it is a book that ...
ISBN10: 0374115737, ISBN13: 9780374115739, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition Signed distinctly by author in silver marker on black title page. The first nonfiction book - searing, revealing, unforgettable - from one of our most acclaimed writers Aleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boy's life is consumed with street soccer with his casually multiethnic group of friends, resentment of his younger sister, and trips abroad with his engineer-cum-beekeeper father. Here, a young man's life is about poking at the pretensions of the city's elders with American music, bad poetry, and slightly better journalism. And then Chicago: watching war break out in Sarajevo and the city come under siege, with no way to return home; the Hemons fleeing Sarajevo with the family dog, leaving behind all else they had ever known; and Hemon himself starting a new life, his own family, in this new city. And yet this is not really a memoir. Like Hemon's fiction, THE BOOK OF MY LIVES defies convention and expectation. It is a love song to two different cities; it is a heartbreaking paean to the bonds of family; it is a stirring exhortation to go out and play soccer - and not for the exercise. It is a book driven by passion but built on fierce intelligence, devastating experience, and sharp insight. And like the best narratives, it is a book that will leave you a ...
ISBN10: 0374115737, ISBN13: 9780374115739, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux] Hardcover Book is in NEW condition. [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]
ISBN10: 0374115737, ISBN13: 9780374115739, [publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, NY 10011, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition SIGNED Hardcover. Signed on Title Page. 1st Edition-Stated. 1st Printing-Full # Line. New copy. Never read. Not price clipped. Not a remainder. BEAUTIFUL copy of Book & Dust Jacket [in Mylar.] COLLECTOR'S COPY. [Audubon, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]
ISBN10: 0374115737, ISBN13: 9780374115739, [publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux] Hardcover First Edition NEW YORK: FSG (2013). First edition. First printing. Hardbound. New in dust jacket. A pristine unread copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke-free, defect-free. This book was purchased new and shelved, untouched since then. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Finalist, National Book Critics Circle 2013, Autobiography. 0.0 [West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]
ISBN10: 0374115737, ISBN13: 9780374115739, [publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, New York] Hardcover First Edition This copy of "The Book of My Lives" has been SIGNED by Aleksandar Hemon on the title page! Aleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boy's life is consumed with street soccer with the neighborhood kids, resentment of his younger sister, and trips abroad with his engineer-cum-beekeeper father. And yet this is not really a memoir. "The Book of My Lives," Hemon's first book of nonfiction, defies convention and expectation. It is a love song to two different cities; it is a heartbreaking paean to the bonds of family; it is a stirring exhortation to go out and play soccer--and not for the exercise. It is a book driven by passions but built on fierce intelligence, devastating experience, and sharp insight. [East Windsor, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Date: 2013-03-19. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2013. Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0374115737 9780374115739 [US]
ISBN10: 0374115737, ISBN13: 9780374115739, [publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York] Hardcover First Edition A FINE copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. In a FINE, unclipped jacket. Signed, Stamped and Dated by ALEKSANDAR HEMON on the title page. [Dundas, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 2013]
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