The Book of My Lives
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781447211969 (1447211960)
Publish date: October 1st 2012
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Pages no: 214
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Language,
Cultural,
War,
Family,
Biography Memoir,
Short Stories,
International
Dear Sasha,May I even still call you by you that name? Perhaps we should stick with more formal titles. I hope I may still call you Aleksandar. Surely, our relationship is not so torn that we have to refer to one another by our surnames.We've known each other for some years. At least I've known of y...
The last five star essay is definitely worth reading. A harrowing heartfelt tale of love and the desperate will to live, but then the courage to finally say goodbye. Sorry to say I was sadly disconnected from most of the rest of the book.
Below is my review of Hemon's first non-fiction collection, which was posted at California Literary Review -- http://calitreview.com/37340/book-review-the-book-of-my-lives-by-aleksandar-hemon/ In the Acknowledgements to The Book of My Lives, his first volume of non-fiction, Hemon writes, “I write fi...