The Lazarus Project

The much anticipated novel from MacArthur Award-winning writer Hemon is a story of historical sweep and contemporary insight crafted in a dazzlingly original style. Illustrated.

Review :
?Masterful ? Ingenious?Whether describing turn-of-the-century Chicago, with its mean tenements and decrepit outhouses, or the ?onionesque armpits? of a Moldovan pimp or an ?unreal McDonald?s? in Moldova, ?shiny and sovereign and structurally optimistic, ? Hemon is as much a writer of the senses as of the intellect. He can be very funny: The novel is full of jokes and linguistics riffs that justify comparisons to Nabokov.? ?"Washington Post Book World" ?Hemon's self-assured first-person narration has resulted in a tightly woven novel, a physical, historical, and pre-eminently psychological journey?His prose is beautiful and imperative.? ?"San Francisco Chronicle" ?"The Lazarus Project" is the fearless and spirited expression of a turbulent literary talent and, at the same time, a cold, fierce blast of moral outrage. For all Hemon's nods to other writers?one catches glimpses not only of Nabokov and Sebald but of Bulgakov, Pamuk, Amis, Poe?he is entirely his own man, aMasterful a] Ingeniousa]Whether describing turn-of-the-century Chicago, with its mean tenements and decrepit outhouses, or the aonionesque armpitsa of a Moldovan pimp or an aunreal McDonaldasa in Moldova, ashiny and sovereign and structurally optimistic, a Hemon is as much a writer of the senses as of the intellect. He can be very funny: The novel is full of jokes and linguistics riffs that justify comparisons to Nabokov.a a"Washington Post Book World" aHemonas self-assured first-person narration has resulted in a tightly woven novel, a physical, historical, and pre-eminently psychological journeya]His prose is beautiful and imperative.a a"San Francisco Chronicle" a"The Lazarus Project" is the fearless and spirited expression of a turbulent literary talent and, at the same time, a cold, fierce blast of moral outrage. For all Hemonas nods to other writersaone catches glimpses not only of Nabokov and Sebald but of Bulgakov, Pamuk, Amis, Poeahe is entirely his own man, an original who owes no debts to anyone.a a"Bookforum" aA beautifully rendered reevaluation of a previously misunderstood chapter in the history of immigration to Americaawhich is to say, in the history of America itself a] Hemonas work describes and defines what it means to be a new citizen in this land. Books like "The Lazarus Project" should make us glad heas here.a a"Miami Herald" a"The Lazarus Project" is a remarkable, and remarkably entertaining, chronicle of loss and hopelessness and cruelty propelled by an eloquent, irritable existential unease. It is, against all odds, full of humor and full of jokes. It is, at the same time, inexpressibly sad.a a"The New York Times Book Review" aA measured, clear spotlight of injustice, made all the more eloquent by the prickly humor of the author.a a"Los Angeles Times" aHemon is immensely talentedaa natural storyteller and a poet, a maker of amazing, gorgeous sentences in what is his second language.a a"Los Angeles Times Book Review" aIn [The Lazarus Project]a]the search is not merely for the facts of one man's life, but for more complex truths about life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.a a "The Boston Globe" a["The Lazarus Project"] will challenge you to look closely at the world we inhabit. It will make you ask questions. Questions about death and life and remembrance. The kind of questions Hemon is known for. The kind we need more of.a a "Esquire" aA profoundly moving novel that finds striking parallels between the America of a hundred years ago and now, as an immigrant Bosnian author, straining to come to terms with his identity, returns to his troubled homelanda]A literary page-turner that combines narrative momentum with meditations on identity and mortality.a a"Kirkus Reviews" aA story filled with death, despair, missed connections and aching ironies that somehow manages to be full of humor and hope --a neat trick whose secret must lie somewhere in Hemon's skilled use of his adopted language.a a"The Sunday Oregonian" aA meditation on life and death and on the bonds between people, even people one has never met - perhaps even especially people one has never meta]This is as engrossing a novel as I've read in some time.a a"Rocky Mountain News" Praise for Aleksandar Hemon: aHemon canat write a boring sentence, and the English language (which headopted at a late age) is the richer for it. . . . Antic and ingenious.a aGary Shteyngart, "The New York Times Book Review" a[With "The Question of Bruno"] Hemon proved himself as inventive as Nabokov or Salman Rushdie. He seemed, in other words, to possess the kind of bold talent that doesnat come around very often. And in his follow-up book, Hemon again displays his prodigious giftsanearly every sentence of this novel is infused with energy and wit. . . . A true original.a a"Los Angeles Times" aNow hereas a reason to get excited: a true work of art thatas as vast and mysterious as life itself. This tender, devastating book is evidence indeed that Hemon is a writer of rare artistry and dept.a a"Esquire" aAn extraordinary writer: one who seems not simply gifted but necessary.a a"The New York Times" Praise for Aleksandar Hemon: aHemon canat write a boring sentence, and the English language (which he adopted at a late age) is the richer for it. . . . Antic and ingenious.a aGary Shteyngart, "The New York Times Book Review" a[With "The Question of Bruno"] Hemon proved himself as inventive as Nabokov or Salman Rushdie. He seemed, in other words, to possess the kind of bold talent that doesnat come around very often. And in his follow-up book, Hemon again displays his prodigious giftsanearly every sentence of this novel is infused with energy and wit. . . . A true original.a a"Los Angeles Times" aNow hereas a reason to get excited: a true work of art thatas as vast and mysterious as life itself. This tender, devastating book is evidence indeed that Hemon is a writer of rare artistry and dept.a a"Esquire" aAn extraordinary writer: one who seems not simply gifted but necessary.a a"The New York Times"