false 2574860 7 In two collections of stories, <I>The Question of Bruno</I> and the NBCC-finalist <I>Nowhere Man</I>, Aleksandar Hemon has earned unmatched literary acclaim and a reputation as one of the English language’s most original and moving wordsmiths. In <I>The Lazarus Project</I>, Hemon has turned these talents to an embracing novel that intertwines haunting historical atmosphere and detail with sharp and shimmering—sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking—contemporary storytelling.<BR><BR> On March 2, 1908, nineteen-year-old Lazarus Averbuch, a recent Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe to Chicago, knocked on the front door of the house of George Shippy, the chief of Chicago police. When Shippy came to the door, Averbuch offered him what he said was an important letter. Instead of taking the letter, Shippy shot Averbuch twice, killing him. When Shippy released a statement casting Averbuch as a would-be anarchist assassin and agent of foreign political operatives, he all but set off a city and a country already simmering with ethnic and political tensions.<BR><BR> Now, in the twenty-first century, a young writer in Chicago, Brik, also from Eastern Europe, becomes obsessed with Lazarus’s story—what really happened, and why? In order to understand Averbuch, Brik and his friend Rora—who overflows with stories of his life as a Sarajevo war photographer—retrace Averbuch’s path across Eastern Europe, through a history of pogroms and poverty, and through a present-day landscape of cheap mafiosi and cheaper prostitutes. The stories of Averbuch and Brik become inextricably entwined, augmented by the photographs that Rora takes on their journey, creating a truly original, provocative, and entertaining novel that will confirm Hemon once and for all as one of the most dynamic and essential literary voices of our time. 2587570 1 5 2008 The Lazarus Project total:1043|5:184|4:400|3:329|2:102|1:28| 1043 3739 2233 276 2574860 1594489882 9781594489884 978 254 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208970200m/2574860.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860.The_Lazarus_Project 3 7 false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 14 08:03:55 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 21 13:33:25 -0800 2009 Jeremy gave this book three stars and said that if he'd picked it up before reading Hemon's other stuff, he might have given it more. I feel exactly the same way. This book certainly isn't bad, and I think Hemon has a lot of potential as a writer. But it seems like the whole world has been telling h...more...]]> 2574860 1594489882 9781594489884 978 254 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208970200m/2574860.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860.The_Lazarus_Project 4 4 false Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 15:54:09 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 15:56:00 -0700 2008 The Lazarus Project, imagines Averbuch's life...more...]]> 2574860 1594489882 9781594489884 978 254 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208970200m/2574860.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860.The_Lazarus_Project 3 3 false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 23:02:35 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 23:10:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2574860 1594489882 9781594489884 978 254 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208970200m/2574860.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860.The_Lazarus_Project 4 2 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 13:48:23 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 17:59:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2574860 1594489882 9781594489884 978 254 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208970200m/2574860.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860.The_Lazarus_Project 3 1 false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 10:52:21 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 15:42:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2574860 1594489882 9781594489884 978 254 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208970200m/2574860.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860.The_Lazarus_Project 3 1 false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 13:05:07 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 12:44:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2574860 1594489882 9781594489884 978 254 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208970200m/2574860.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860.The_Lazarus_Project 4 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 12:52:55 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 12 14:46:57 -0700 2009
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He published this one last year and it's interesting how much he's changed as a writer. The one before this, Nowhere Man was composed, I'm pretty sure, not too long after he became fluent and...more...]]> 6015659 1594483752 9781594483752 54 17 3.58 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6015659.The_Lazarus_Project 4 0 false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 06:56:55 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 00:10:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2574860 1594489882 9781594489884 978 254 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208970200m/2574860.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860.The_Lazarus_Project 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 14:11:58 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 14:39:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/1?book_id=7012401 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/3?book_id=7012401 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/2?book_id=7012401 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7012401 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/4?book_id=7012401 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/5?book_id=7012401 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/6?book_id=7012401 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/7?book_id=7012401 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/9?book_id=7012401 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/10?book_id=7012401