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The Lazarus Project

By Aleksandar Hemon

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| Paperback | 9780330458429

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On 2 March 1908, nineteen-year-old Lazarus Averbuch, a Russian Jewish immigrant to Chicago, tried to deliver a letter to the home of the city's Chief of Police, George Shippy. Instead of taking the letter, Shippy shot Averbuch twice, killing him. Lazarus Averbuch, Shippy claimed, was an anarchist asContinue

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Book Review: The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon Share

Two immigrants in two parallel situations, yet separated by a hundred years. This is the story of Lazarus Averbuch, a Moldovan immigrant to the United States, who was killed by the Chicago police in 1908; as well as the story of Vladimir Brik, a Bosn ... (read full critics)

blogcritics published on Wed, 11 Apr 2012

The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon - Review by Waterstone's Books Quarterly Online

March 1908: 19-year-old Lazarus Averbuch tries to deliver a letter to Chicago's Chief of Police, only to be shot as an anarchist assassin. One hundred years later, Bosnian Vladimir Brik comes across Lazarus's story and, with a sense of immigrant cama ... (read full critics)

wbqonline published on Wed, 29 Sep 2010

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Well-written and at times interesting. The modern day sections are probably more interesting if only because there seem to be more layers and a larger intention at work there. Not sure if the early 19C section is supposed to be a bit heavy-handed in its execution, though it frequently comes off as s ... (continue)

Well-written and at times interesting. The modern day sections are probably more interesting if only because there seem to be more layers and a larger intention at work there. Not sure if the early 19C section is supposed to be a bit heavy-handed in its execution, though it frequently comes off as such. Some interesting insights into the meaning of fiction and fiction-making. Less so in terms of the treatment of American culture--must all foreign writers see America as being pure surface? As a native, I certainly don't see it that way . . .

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Albion said on Jan 29, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | 1 feedback

"Home is where somebody notices your absence"
Enough said.

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