{"product_id":"9780872864238","title":"Nine Alexandrias","description":"\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Bosnian with an introduction by Ammiel Alcalay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing his depiction of Bosnia under siege in the much celebrated \u003ci\u003eSarajevo Blues\u003c\/i\u003e , Semezdin Mehmedinovic´ now explores the vast space of his new continent. Mostly written in response to a cross-country journey by train in post 9-11 America, Mehmedinovic´’s \u003ci\u003eNine Alexandrias\u003c\/i\u003e provides a poetry of witness and testimony of a very different order. In this nightmarish and exhilarating odyssey, Mehmedinovic´’s political acuity is displayed everywhere but barely pronounced. In Washington, D.C., his new home, the graphic and tactile affirmation of life amidst horror depicted so masterfully in \u003ci\u003eSarajevo Blues\u003c\/i\u003e , turns into an eerie silence that permeates both the expanse of the land and the heart of the American empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Semezdin Mehmedinovic´’s Sarajevo Blues:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A memorable literary achievement.\"— \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eSarajevo Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is widely considered here to be the best piece of writing to emerge from the besieged capital since Bosnia’s war erupted in April 1992.\"— \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In poems, micro-essays, and prose vignettes, Semezdin Mehmedinovic´ charts the collapse of a world with clear-eyed passion for the truth that one finds in the young Hemingway, the Hemingway of \u003ci\u003e In Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e .\"—Paul Auster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSemezdin Mehmedinovic´\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Tuzla, Bosnia in 1960 and is the author of five books. Mehmedinovic´ -arrived in the U.S. as a political refugee in 1996, and he is currently living in Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015958315248,"sku":"9780872864238","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780872864238_p0.jpg?v=1763840078","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780872864238","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}