Question of Bruno

In this stylistically adventurous, brilliantly funny tour deforce-the most highly acclaimed debut since Nathan Englander's-Aleksandar Hemonwrites of love and war, Sarajevo and America, with a skill and imagination thatare breathtaking.A love affair is experienced in the blink of an eye asthe Archduke Ferdinand watches his wife succumb to an assassin's bullet. Anexiled writer, working in a sandwich shop in Chicago, adjusts to theabsurdities of his life. Love letters from war-torn Sarajevo navigate the artof getting from point A to point B without being shot. With a sure-footed senseof detail and life-saving humor, Aleksandar Hemon examines the overwhelmingevents of history and the effect they have on individual lives. These heartrendingstories bear the unmistakable mark of an important international writer.