The Question of Bruno: Stories

In this stylistically adventurous, brilliantly funny tour de force-the most highly acclaimed debut since Nathan Englander's-Aleksander Hemon writes of love and war, Sarajevo and America, with a skill and imagination that are breathtaking.

A love affair is experienced in the blink of an eye as the Archduke Ferdinand watches his wife succumb to an assassin's bullet. An exiled writer, working in a sandwich shop in Chicago, adjusts to the absurdities of his life. Love letters from war torn Sarajevo navigate the art of getting from point A to point B without being shot. With a surefooted sense of detail and life-saving humor, Aleksandar Hemon examines the overwhelming events of history and the effect they have on individual lives. These heartrending stories bear the unmistakable mark of an important new international writer.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 07/10/2001
ISBN: 9780375727009
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.20w x 0.69d

Review Citations: New York Times 07/29/2001 pg. 20
Commonweal 12/05/2003 pg. 24