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Two books in one in a flip dos-à-dos format: The story of Aleksandar Hemon's parents' immigration from Sarajevo to Canada and a book of short memories of the author's family, friends, and childhood in Sarajevo

In My Parents, Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents' immigration to Canadaof the lives that were upended by the war in Bosnia and siege of Sarajevo and the new lives his parents were forced to build. As ever with his work, he portrays both the perfect, intimate details (his mother's lonely upbringing, his father's fanatical beekeeping) and a sweeping, heartbreaking history of his native country. It is a story full of many Hemons, of coursehis parents, sister, uncles, cousinsand also of German occupying forces, Yugoslav partisans, royalist Serb collaborators, singing Ukrainians, and a few befuddled Canadians.

My Parents is Hemon at his very best, grounded in stories lovingly polished by retelling, but making them exhilarating and fr

My Parents An Introduction This Does Not Belong

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    A Paperback / softback by Aleksandar Hemon

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      Publisher Picador USA
      Published 28 July 2020
      ISBN-13 9781250619648
      978-1250619648
      ISBN-10 1250619645
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      Autobiography: writers

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Two books in one in a flip dos-à-dos format: The story of Aleksandar Hemon's parents' immigration from Sarajevo to Canada and a book of short memories of the author's family, friends, and childhood in Sarajevo

      In My Parents, Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents' immigration to Canadaof the lives that were upended by the war in Bosnia and siege of Sarajevo and the new lives his parents were forced to build. As ever with his work, he portrays both the perfect, intimate details (his mother's lonely upbringing, his father's fanatical beekeeping) and a sweeping, heartbreaking history of his native country. It is a story full of many Hemons, of coursehis parents, sister, uncles, cousinsand also of German occupying forces, Yugoslav partisans, royalist Serb collaborators, singing Ukrainians, and a few befuddled Canadians.

      My Parents is Hemon at his very best, grounded in stories lovingly polished by retelling, but making them exhilarating and fr

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