From the celebrated author of the bestselling
Lazarus Project
"a dazzling collection of stories ... further cementing [Hemon's] position among the finest fiction writers working in English" (
GQ
).
The stories of Aleksandar Hemon's
Love and Obstacles
are united by their narrator, a young man coming of age in Communist-but-cosmopolitan Sarajevo who will leave for the United States just as his city is torn asunder. In Hemon's hands, seemingly mundane childhood experiences become daring, dramatic adventures, while unique and wrenching circumstances become a common ground that involves us all. As cohesive and impressive as any novel, the short story collection
stands with the National Book Award finalist
The Lazarus Project
as the best work of this MacArthur Genius Award winner's career.
From the author of
The Book of My Lives
.