The Book of My Lives

The Book of My Lives
First edition
AuthorAleksandar Hemon
LanguageEnglish
GenreNonfiction
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
19 March 2013
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages224 pp
ISBN978-0-374-11573-9

The Book of My Lives is the first book of nonfiction by the Bosnian-American novelist Aleksandar Hemon.[1] It's a collection of nonfiction pieces about Hemon's childhood in Sarajevo and his adult life in Chicago. The final essay tells of his young daughter's brain tumor and untimely death; it was first published in The New Yorker under the title "The Aquarium."

Hemon’s The Book of My Lives was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2013.[2]

References

  1. ^ Percy, Benjamin. "Hemon's 'The Book Of My Lives': Finding Beauty In Sarajevo's Scars". NPR. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Announcing the National Book Critics Awards Finalists for Publishing Year 2013". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.