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Informationen zum Autor 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 three books of short stories, including Nowhere Man , which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a ‘Genius’ grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Klappentext In 1908! teenaged Lazarus Averbuch! a Russian Jewish immigrant to Chicago! tried to deliver a letter to the Chief of Police! George Shippy. Instead of taking the letter! Shippy shot Averbuch twice. Present day: Brik! a young Bosnian writer in Chicago! becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Lazarus. And so he and his friend Rora! a charming photographer! set off on a journey back to the past The unprovoked murder of a Russian Jewish immigrant ignites a dazzling novel of flight, emigration and the meaning of home Zusammenfassung ‘Prose this powerful could wake the dead’ – Observer Crossing a century of Eastern European history, The Lazarus Project is a profound exploration of alienation and the immigrant experience from Aleksandar Hemon, author of The World and All That It Holds . On 2 March 1908, Lazarus Averbuch, a young Russian Jewish immigrant to Chicago, tried to deliver a letter to the city’s Chief of Police. He was shot dead. After the shooting, it was claimed he was an anarchist assassin and an agent of foreign operatives who wanted to bring the United States to its knees. His sister, Olga, was left alone and bereft in a city seething with tension. A century later, two friends become obsessed with the truth about Lazarus and decide to travel to his birthplace. As the stories intertwine, a world emerges in which everything – and nothing – has changed . . . ‘This is easily Hemon’s best work to date, an intricately tessellated portrait of flight, emigration, and the meaning of home’ – Evening Standard ...
