{"product_id":"the-lazarus-project-paperback","title":"The Lazarus Project - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAleksandar Hemon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe only novel from MacArthur Genius Award winner, Aleksandar Hemon -- the National Book Critics Circle Award winning \u003ci\u003eThe Lazarus Project\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn March 2, 1908, nineteen-year-old Lazarus Averbuch, an Eastern European Jewish immigrant, was shot to death on the doorstep of the Chicago chief of police and cast as a would-be anarchist assassin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA century later, a young Eastern European writer in Chicago named Brik becomes obsessed with Lazarus's story. Brik enlists his friend Rora-a war photographer from Sarajevo-to join him in retracing Averbuch's path. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a history of pogroms and poverty, and a prism of a present-day landscape of cheap mafiosi and even cheaper prostitutes, the stories of Averbuch and Brik become inextricably intertwined, creating a truly original, provocative, and entertaining novel that confirms Aleksandar Hemon, often compared to Vladimir Nabokov, as one of the most dynamic and essential literary voices of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of My Lives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAleksandar Hemon\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLazarus Project\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove and Obstacles, The Question of Bruno\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNowhere Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of My Lives\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Genius Award, the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, the PEN\/W. G. Sebald Award, and, most recently, a 2012 USA Fellowship. He lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.02 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701134102591,"sku":"9781594483752","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d3306312274287766de4a791d6449a5d.webp?v=1765019463","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-lazarus-project-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}