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Friday, 22 November 2019
The Book of My Lives - Aleksander Hemon
A collection of what read like short stories, but are actually short autobiographical pieces. Somehow he sees how his life resembles fiction. Some wonderful pieces on his early times as a newly arrived accidental immigrant in the U.S., stranded by the start of the war in Bosnia, that examine what it feels like to be a new immigrant, living with the "us" and "them". A very sharp observer of people, their peculiarities and foibles. You also get some sense of Slavic culture through the pieces about his family and his relationship with his father.
Labels:
balkans,
literature,
short stories,
society,
U.S.
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