Synopses & Reviews
2013 may be the best year yet for . The inimitable John Banville joins the list of distinguished preface writers for Aleksandar Hemon's series, and A. S. Byatt represents England among a luminous cast of European contributors. Fans of the series will find everything they've grown to love, while new readers will discover what they've been missing!
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""Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read."" Time
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"" . . . offers an appealingly diverse look at the Continent's fiction scene."" New York Times
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""[W]e can be thankful to have so many talented new voices to discover."" Library Journal
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""The collection's diverse range of styles includes more experimental works than a typical American anthology might . . . [Mr. Hemon's] only criteria were to include the best works from as many countries as possible."" Wall Street Journal
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""Readers for whom the expression 'foreign literature' means the work of Canada's Alice Munro stand to have their eyes opened wide and their reading exposure exploded as they encounter works from places such as Croatia, Bulgaria, and Macedonia (and, yes, from more familiar terrain, such as Spain, the UK, and Russia)."" Booklist Starred Review
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"“The collection’s diverse range of styles includes more experimental works than a typical American anthology might . . . [Mr. Hemon’s] only criteria were to include the best works from as many countries as possible.”" Wall Street Journal
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"“Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read.”" Time
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"“Readers for whom the expression ‘foreign literature’ means the work of Canada’s Alice Munro stand to have their eyes opened wide and their reading exposure exploded as they encounter works from places such as Croatia, Bulgaria, and Macedonia (and, yes, from more familiar terrain, such as Spain, the UK, and Russia).”" Booklist Starred Review
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"“Best European Fiction 2010 . . . offers an appealingly diverse look at the Continent’s fiction scene.”" New York Times
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"“[W]e can be thankful to have so many talented new voices to discover.”" Library Journal
About the Author
Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Question of Bruno, Nowhere Man, and The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2008. Born in Sarajevo, Hemon visited Chicago in 1992, intending to stay for several months. While there, Sarajevo came under siege, and he was unable to return home. Hemon wrote his first story in English in 1995. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2004. He lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter.John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of fourteen novels including The Book of Evidence, which was shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize. He lives in Dublin.