{"product_id":"the-book-of-my-lives","title":"The book of my lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The book of my lives (Hardcover, 224 pages – Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013) – Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Like New\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award For fans of Aleksandar Hemon's 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. 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. 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, his life in Chicago: watching from afar as war breaks out in Sarajevo and the city comes under siege, no way to return home; his parents and sister 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. 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. 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―when you've finished. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aleksandar Hemon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53094965149920,"sku":"9780374115739","price":81.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/5681\/6608\/files\/81mbMfzX7UL._SY522.jpg?v=1781656844","url":"https:\/\/medicalbook.online\/products\/the-book-of-my-lives","provider":"medicalbook.online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}