L'espoir Est Une Chose Ridicule

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'Some of the richest delights in contemporary fiction, as well as some of the best jokes' - GuardianFrom the prize-winning author of The World and All That It Holds, Aleksandar Hemon, Love and Obstacles is a stunningly original collection of short fiction. The explosive perils of adolescence, a country falling apart, the overwhelming vertigo of striking out abroad: this is life in which love is only one of many obstacles. From Sarajevo to the darkest heart of Africa, deepest Slovenia, and the melting pot of Chicago, this brilliant and restlessly inventive collection is shot through with humour and truth - found in the most surprising of places.'Infinitely vibrant and alive' - Financial Times

Love and Obstacles

L'Espoir est une chose ridicule

En 1908, Lazarus Averbuch, juif ukrainien de dixsept ans échappé des pogroms, immigre à Chicago. Peu de temps après son arrivée, il est tué par le chef de la police qui le soupçonne d'être un dangereux anarchiste. Hanté par sa mort, Vladimir Brik ? écrivain bosniaque, venu aux États-Unis juste avant la guerre ? décide de se rendre en Europe pour écrire son histoire. Il emmène un vieil ami photographe, Rora, qui a connu le siège de Sarajevo. Ensemble, ils traversent la Bosnie, différents pays de l'Est et rejoignent une Ukraine misérable. Tout au long de ce voyage, Brick ne cesse de poser des questions à Rora sur la guerre qui a déchiré son pays, la vie des trafiquants et la corruption.

Le projet Lazarus

The Making of Zombie Wars is a hilarious black comedy from Aleksandar Hemon, celebrated author of The Lazarus Project. Script idea #142: Aliens undercover as cabbies abduct the fiancée of the main character, who has to find a way to a remote planet to save her. Josh Levin is an aspiring screenwriter teaching English as a Second Language classes in Chicago. His laptop is full of ideas, but the only one to really take root is Zombie Wars. When Josh comes home to discover his landlord, an unhinged army vet, rifling through his dirty laundry, he decides to move in with his girlfriend, Kimmy. Script idea #185: Teenager discovers his girlfriend's beloved grandfather was a guard in a Nazi death camp. The boy's grandparents are survivors, but he's tantalizingly close to achieving deflowerment, so when a Nazi-hunter arrives in town in pursuit of Grandpa, he has to distract him long enough to get laid. It's domestic bliss - for a moment. But Josh becomes entangled with a student, a Bosnian woman named Ana, whose husband is jealous and violent. Script idea #196: Rock star high out of his mind freaks out during a show, runs offstage, and is lost in streets crowded with his hallucinations. The teenage fan who finds him keeps the rock star for himself for the night. Mishaps and adventures follow. Disaster ensues and, as Josh's choices move from silly to profoundly absurd, Aleksandar Hemon's The Making of Zombie Wars takes on real consequence.'The Making of Zombie Wars is crazy in the best sense of the word, and very few authors could have pulled it off' - NPR

The Making of Zombie Wars

On 2 March 1908, Lazarus, a young Russian Jewish immigrant to Chicago, tried to deliver a letter to the city's Chief of Police. He was shot dead. After the shooting, it was claimed he was an anarchist assassin and an agent of foreign operatives who wanted to bring the US to its knees.

The Lazarus Project

" Supposons qu'il existe un point A et un point B et que, si l'on veut se rendre du point A au point B, on doive traverser un espace à découvert, nettement visible pour un sniper habile.
Il faut courir du point A au point B, et plus vite on court, plus on aura de chances d'atteindre le point B vivant. L'espace compris entre le point A et le point B est jonché d'objets que des citoyens ont laissés tomber en chemin en piquant un sprint. Un portefeuille en cuir noir, probablement vide. Un sac à main, comme une bouche béante. Un récipient en plastique blanc, percé en plein centre d'un trou de projectile.
Un châle vert, rouge, marron ornementé de flocons de neige, et sale. Une tranche de pain mouillée, avec des fourmis affairées rampant dessus en tous sens, comme occupées à construire une pyramide. Une cassette vidéo démantibulée, avec plusieurs morceaux encore rattachés à une bande magnétique noire entortillée. Les jours où les snipers sont particulièrement enragés, il y a aussi des corps, disséminés là.
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