Best European Fiction 2011

Best European Fiction 2011

Preface by Colum McCann
Edited by Aleksandar Hemon

Collection Best European Fiction Series

Aleksandar Hemon


Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Question of Bruno, Nowhere Man, and The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2008. Born in Sarajevo, Hemon visited Chicago in 1992, intending to stay for several months. While there, Sarajevo came under siege, and he was unable to return home. Hemon wrote his first story in English in 1995. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2004. He lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter.


Edited by Aleksandar Hemon

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Introduction by Aleksandar Hemon

Psalm 44
Danilo Kiš, John K. Cox
Psalm 44 is the last major work of fiction by Danilo Kiš to be translated into English, and his only novel dealing explicitly with Auschwitz (where his own father died). Written when he was only twenty-five, before embarking on the masterpieces . . .



Garden, Ashes
Danilo Kiš, William J. Hannaher
Garden, Ashes is the remarkable account of Andi Scham's childhood during World War II, as his Jewish family traverses Eastern Europe to escape persecution. As the family moves from house to house, the novel focuses on Andi's relationship with...



With Aleksandar Hemon

Context N°9
  • Reading Danilo Kis
  • Reading Raymond Queneau
  • Reading Kathy Acker
  • Reading Stanley Elkin's The Franchiser
  • From "A Letter to Edmund Gosse" and "Books Which Have Influenced Me"