The Lazarus Project
07 August 2009Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
‘Prose this powerful could wake the dead’ – Observer
Crossing a century of Eastern European history, The Lazarus Project is a profound exploration of alienation and the immigrant experience from Aleksandar Hemon, author of The World and All That It Holds.
On 2 March 1908, Lazarus Averbuch, a young Russian Jewish immigrant to Chicago, tried to deliver a letter to the city’s...
Details
07 August 2009304 pages
9780330458429Imprint: Picador
Reviews
This is easily Hemon’s best work to date, an intricately tessellated portrait of flight, emigration, and the meaning of homeEvening Standard
Prose this powerful could wake the deadObserver
