The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon

His new novel The World and All That It Holds begins, strikingly, in 1914 Sarajevo, with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. As they travel over mountains and across deserts, from one world to another, all the way to Shanghai, it is Pinto’s love for Osman that will truly survive. Aleksandar Hemon’s writing underlines the continuing importance of those themes, even when depicting the wanderings of the people and the consequences of the events from the last century. The World and All That It Holds-in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory-showcases Aleksandar Hemons celebrated. Together, Pinto and Osman will escape the trenches and find themselves entangled with spies and Bolsheviks. The World and All That It Holds-in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory-showcases Aleksandar Hemons celebrated talent at its. As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his estimable father. War devours all that they have known, and the only thing Pinto has to live for are the attentions of Osman, a fellow soldier, a man of action to complement Pinto’s introspective, poetic soul a charismatic storyteller and Pinto’s protector and lover. Today I talked to Aleksandar Hemon about his new novel The World and All That It Holds (MCD, 2023). In the trenches in Galicia, fantasies fall flat. It’s not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but it’s nothing a dash of laudanum, a summer stroll and idle fantasies can’t put in perspective.Īnd then the world explodes. The World and All That It Holds: A Novel Hardcover Januby Aleksandar Hemon (Author) 148 ratings Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.72 30 Used from 12.85 38 New from 15.99 1 Collectible from 59.

'A staggering work of beauty and brutality' - Douglas StuartĪs the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his father.

The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon