Best European Fiction 2012 - Softcover

Aleksander Hemon; Nicole Krauss

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564786803 ISBN 13: 9781564786807

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2011

Synopsis

Now in its third year, Best European Fiction 2012 will be introduced an American Nicole Krauss and the stories, though still one per country/language, will be arranged within themes (love, art, war, the body), to encourage book club and reading group discussions.

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Review:

Best European Fiction 2011 is the second in what, with any luck, could turn out to be an annual series.... it is easy to appreciate what Mr. Hemon calls 'the depth and width and beauty of human experience' represented here. --Larry Rohter

About the Author:

Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Question of Bruno, Nowhere Man, and The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2008. Born in Sarajevo, Hemon visited Chicago in 1992, intending to stay for several months. While there, Sarajevo came under siege, and he was unable to return home. Hemon wrote his first story in English in 1995. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 2004. He lives in Chicago with his wife and daughters.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1564786803
• ISBN 13: 9781564786807
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544