the book of my lives by aleksander hemon (214 pages) | hardcover

the book of my lives by aleksander hemon | 214 pages | hardcover “aleksandar hemon's lives begin in sarajevo, where boyhood is consumed by street soccer and sibling rivalry, and a young man's life is about american music, bad poetry, and slightly better journalism. at the age of twenty-seven, hemon journeyed to chicago―a trip that would mark the beginning of another life, this time in the united states. there, he watched from afar as war broke out in bosnia, his parents and sister fleeing, and hemon himself unable to return.” no stains, no damage, only read once #books #nonfiction #memoir