One of literature’s brightest new stars, MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Aleksandar Hemon displays a prodigious talent that has attracted comparison with Nabokov and Conrad. Born in Sarajevo, Hemon was visiting America in 1992 when his home city came under siege. Granted asylum, he settled in Chicago and set out to master English as his writing language. Testament to the success of that quest is the exquisite fiction of Nowhere Man and The Question of Bruno. Hemon’s books are eloquent explorations of history, conflict and exile, rendered with masterful inventiveness. “Aleksandar Hemon’s writing is gold.” (Times Literary Supplement)

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