Promotion of Aleksander Hemon's new book on August 15 in Sarajevo

"My Parents: Introduction" is the name of the new autobiographical book by Aleksandar Hemon, one of the most prominent American writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. origin, which will be promoted on Thursday, August 15, at 8 p.m. in the Museum of Literature and Theater Arts of BiH. The interview with the author will be conducted by Kristina Ljevak. As the exclusive publisher of Aleksandar Hemon's works for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Buybook publishing house has so far published five of his books. The new title "My Parents: Introduction" was translated by Irena Žlof, Buybook's associate and long-time translator of Hemon's works. The book will soon be available in Buybook's bookstores and bookstore networks throughout BiH, as well as through Buybook's webshop. After the promotion, the author will sign the book for readers, which will be available at a promotional price.  In the book "My Parents: An Introduction," Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents' immigration to Canada, of their lives that were turned upside down after the siege of Sarajevo and the war in Bosnia followed, and of the new lives they were forced to build. Describing the marriage of his parents, a Ukrainian father, and a Bosnian mother, and their lives before and after the devastating war that destroyed their Yugoslav homeland and drove them to Canada, Hemon records the refugee experience of displacement. It is a story about many Hemons, his parents, sister, uncles, aunts, and relatives, but also about the German occupation forces, partisans, singing Ukrainians, and a few confused Canadians. As always, Hemon approaches the general through the individual; writing about his Bosnian family, he shows honest, intimate details but also the dynamic, heartfelt history of his native country. Aleksandar Hemon was born in Sarajevo in 1964. The beginning of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina found him in the USA, where he decided to stay and started writing in English. So far, he has published the story collections The Question of Bruno, Love and Obstacles, and The Book of My Life, as well as the novels A Man Without a Past, The Lazarus Project, How the Zombie Wars Began, and This Is Not Yours. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a "genius award" given by the MacArthur Foundation. In 2017, he was awarded the American PEN award for the oral history of Bosnian refugees, "How Did You Get Here?" Tales of Displacement”. (https://www.klix.ba/)