Aleksandar Hemon
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Series
Language
English
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NEW!
New American Stories presents diverse stories of contemporary American life and dreams lost and found, by four of the best young, contemporary writers – Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Aleksandar Hemon, as performed by terrific stage and screen actors. All four writers have a unique perspective on the American experience which is reflected in their work.
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English
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The launch of Dalkey's Best European Fiction series was nothing short of phenomenal, with wide-ranging coverage in international media such as Time magazine, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, and the Guardian; glowing reviews and interviews in print and online magazines such as the Believer, Bookslut, Paste, and the Huffington Post; radio interviews with editor Aleksandar Hemon on NPR stations in the US and...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The genius of Aleksandar Hemon's prose is a well-established, universally acknowledged fact. But his ability to read a soccer match-to really, deeply understand it-will strike readers with the force of pure, ecstatic revelation. His essays on the game are the very definition of pleasure." -Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude....
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
294 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On March 2, 1908, nineteen-year-old Lazarus Averbuch, a recent Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe to Chicago, knocked on the front door of the house of George Shippy, the chief of Chicago police. When Shippy came to the door, Averbuch offered him what he said was an important letter. Instead of taking the letter, Shippy shot Averbuch twice, killing him. When Shippy released a statement casting Averbuch as a would-be anarchist assassin and agent...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From visionary filmmaker, Lana Wachowski comes the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined a genre. The new film reunites original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in the iconic roles they made famous, Neo and Trinity.
Publisher
McSweeney's
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
624 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates (folded) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
To commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the journal called 'a key barometer of the literary climate' by the New York Times and twice honored with a National Magazine Award for fiction, here is The Best of McSweeney's--a comprehensive collection of some of the magazine's most remarkable work. Drawing on the full range of the journal thus far--from the very earliest volumes to the Chris Ware-edited graphic novel issue to the full-on Sunday-newspaper...