{"product_id":"the-book-of-my-lives-aleksandar-hemon-9781447210917","title":"The Book of My Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003eAleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boy's life is consumed by football, by resentment of his younger sister, and by occasional trips abroad with his engineer-cum-beekeeper father; and where a young man's life is about poking at the pretensions of the city's elders with American music, bad poetry, and slightly better journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet this is not really a memoir. It is a lovesong to Sarajevo and to Hemon's adopted Chicago; it is a heartbreaking paean to the bonds of family; it is a stirring exhortation to go out and play football - and not for the exercise. It is a book driven by passions but built on fierce intelligence, devastating experience, and sharp insight. And like the best narratives, it is a book that will leave you a different reader - a different person, with a new way of looking at the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Hemon's fiction, The Book of My Lives is simply indispensable. For the uninitiated, it is the perfect introduction to one of the great writers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aleksandar Hemon","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49269092548851,"sku":"9781447210917","price":25.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781447210917.jpg?v=1781642369","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-book-of-my-lives-aleksandar-hemon-9781447210917","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}