{"product_id":"love-and-obstacles-9781594484612","title":"Love and Obstacles","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the celebrated author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eLazarus Project \u003c\/i\u003ea dazzling collection of stories ... further cementing  Hemon's] position among the finest fiction writers working in English (\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories of Aleksandar Hemon's \u003ci\u003eLove and Obstacles\u003c\/i\u003e are united by their narrator, a young man coming of age in Communist-but-cosmopolitan Sarajevo who will leave for the United States just as his city is torn asunder. In Hemon's hands, seemingly mundane childhood experiences become daring, dramatic adventures, while unique and wrenching circumstances become a common ground that involves us all. As cohesive and impressive as any novel, the short story collection \u003ci\u003eLove and Obstacles\u003c\/i\u003e stands with the National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Lazarus Project\u003c\/i\u003e as the best work of this MacArthur Genius Award winner's career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of My Lives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAleksandar Hemon\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLazarus Project\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove and Obstacles, The Question of Bruno\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNowhere Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of My Lives\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Genius Award, the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, the PEN\/W. G. Sebald Award, and, most recently, a 2012 USA Fellowship. He lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50358872015122,"sku":"9781594484612","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e26cd6be-6f11-4ab4-88fc-5ed682b092d3.jpg?v=1728347396","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-and-obstacles-9781594484612","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}