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The World and All That It Holds
Buch von Aleksandar Hemon
Sprache: Englisch

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The World and All That It Holds-in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory-showcases Aleksandar Hemon's celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand, tender, sweeping story that spans decades and continents. It cements Hemon as one of the boldest voices in fiction.

As Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his estimable father. It's not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but it's nothing a dash of laudanum from the high shelf, a summer stroll, and idle fantasies about passersby can't put in perspective.

And then the world explodes. In the trenches in Galicia, fantasies fall flat. Heroism gets a man killed quickly. War devours all that they have known, and the only thing Pinto has to live for are the attentions of Osman, a fellow soldier, a man of action to complement Pinto's introspective, poetic soul; a charismatic storyteller; Pinto's protector and lover.

Together, Pinto and Osman will escape the trenches, survive near-certain death, tangle with spies and Bolsheviks. Over mountains and across deserts, from one world to another, all the way to Shanghai, it is Pinto's love for Osman-with the occasional opiatic interlude-that keeps him going.

The World and All That It Holds-in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory-showcases Aleksandar Hemon's celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand, tender, sweeping story that spans decades and continents. It cements Hemon as one of the boldest voices in fiction.

As Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his estimable father. It's not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but it's nothing a dash of laudanum from the high shelf, a summer stroll, and idle fantasies about passersby can't put in perspective.

And then the world explodes. In the trenches in Galicia, fantasies fall flat. Heroism gets a man killed quickly. War devours all that they have known, and the only thing Pinto has to live for are the attentions of Osman, a fellow soldier, a man of action to complement Pinto's introspective, poetic soul; a charismatic storyteller; Pinto's protector and lover.

Together, Pinto and Osman will escape the trenches, survive near-certain death, tangle with spies and Bolsheviks. Over mountains and across deserts, from one world to another, all the way to Shanghai, it is Pinto's love for Osman-with the occasional opiatic interlude-that keeps him going.

Über den Autor
Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and three books of short stories: The Question of Bruno; Nowhere Man, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Love and Obstacles. He was the recipient of a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship and a ¿genius grant¿ from the MacArthur Foundation, and the 2020 Dos Passos Prize. He lives in Chicago.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 352 S.
2 s/w Fotos
6 Karten
ISBN-13: 9780374287702
ISBN-10: 0374287708
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 900175713
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Hemon, Aleksandar
Hersteller: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Maße: 213 x 140 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Aleksandar Hemon
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2023
Gewicht: 0,46 kg
Artikel-ID: 121487652
Über den Autor
Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and three books of short stories: The Question of Bruno; Nowhere Man, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Love and Obstacles. He was the recipient of a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship and a ¿genius grant¿ from the MacArthur Foundation, and the 2020 Dos Passos Prize. He lives in Chicago.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 352 S.
2 s/w Fotos
6 Karten
ISBN-13: 9780374287702
ISBN-10: 0374287708
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 900175713
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Hemon, Aleksandar
Hersteller: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Maße: 213 x 140 x 34 mm
Von/Mit: Aleksandar Hemon
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2023
Gewicht: 0,46 kg
Artikel-ID: 121487652
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