My Parents: An Introduction / This Does Not Belong to You The Bosnian-American novelist unleashes two memoirs, two front covers, two title pages. Both reflect on similar themes, triggered by his refugee experience. His family was uprooted from their homeland in Sarajevo then Yugoslavia, finally arriving on these magnificent shores, uprooting in the process the most primal part of their identity: the story they tell themselves about themselves. It's that core foundational myth every family has. Once it's broken, there are few things that can be more profoundly disorientating in ways both minor and major. It is a book that explores nostalgia, the boundaries of the word catastrophe–which we use for both genocide and when a football team loses by 3 goals or more–and also sorrow. If you love the work of Hemon as I do, you will love this book, the questions it asks, and the journey he takes you on: his life’s journey. -Rog
The Bosnian-American novelist unleashes two memoirs, two front covers, two title pages. Both reflect on similar themes, triggered by his refugee experience. His family was uprooted from their homeland in Sarajevo then Yugoslavia, finally arriving on these magnificent shores, uprooting in the process the most primal part of their identity: the story they tell themselves about themselves. It's that core foundational myth every family has. Once it's broken, there are few things that can be more profoundly disorientating in ways both minor and major. It is a book that explores nostalgia, the boundaries of the word catastrophe–which we use for both genocide and when a football team loses by 3 goals or more–and also sorrow. If you love the work of Hemon as I do, you will love this book, the questions it asks, and the journey he takes you on: his life’s journey.
-Rog
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