The Lazarus Project

HEMON, Aleksandar

ISBN 10: 0330458426 / ISBN 13: 9780330458429

Published by U.K / Picador, 2009

About this Item

On the morning of March 2, 1908, a young Jewish immigrant named Lazarus Averbuch, an alleged anarchist and follower of Emma Goldman knocked at the door of the Shippy residence on Chicago s North Side. George Shippy was Chicago s chief of police and the young man demanded to see him. The maid told him to come back later that morning, and so he did, whereupon a shoot-out took place in which Averbuch was killed with seven shots. This tells of the out come of this true story. With photos by Velibor Bozovic. This is a 1st edition (in this format) paperback in near to fine condition. (294 pages).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lazarus Project
• Publisher: U.K / Picador
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330458426
• ISBN 13: 9780330458429
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • JEWISH & MIDDLE EAST HISTORY
  • AMERICAN HISTORY

About this title

Synopsis

On 2 March 1908, Lazarus Averbuch, a young Russian Jewish immigrant to Chicago, tried to deliver a letter to the city’s Chief of Police. He was shot dead.

After the shooting, it was claimed he was an anarchist assassin and an agent of foreign operatives who wanted to bring the United States to its knees. His sister, Olga, was left alone and bereft in a city seething with tension.

A century later, two friends become obsessed with the truth about Lazarus and decide to travel to his birthplace. As the stories intertwine, a world emerges in which everything and nothing has changed . . .

'Prose this powerful could wake the dead' Observer

'This is easily Hemon’s best work to date, an intricately tessellated portrait of flight, emigration, and the meaning of home'

Evening Standard

About the Author

Aleksandar Hemon was born in Sarajevo and lives in Chicago. He is the author of The Question of Bruno, Nowhere Man, Love and Obstacles, and The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work also appears regularly in the New Yorker and Granta, among other publications.