亞歷山大‧黑濛

在一九九○年代由波士尼亞遷居美國，並快速地學習用英文寫作，是備受矚目的文壇新秀。內容以描寫巴爾幹半島戰爭與在美國的波士尼亞移民的故事為主，有歷見屠戮、飢荒、流亡後接近荒謬與瘋狂的清醒，筆下的獨裁者、革命傢、間諜、恐怖份子與難民，其孤獨、徬徨、紛亂、蒼涼、悲哀、雖韆萬人吾往矣的勇敢，彷彿波士尼亞的民族圖像，讓讀者覺得自己就是波士尼亞人。

In this stylistically adventurous, brilliantly funny tour de force-the most highly acclaimed debut since Nathan Englander's-Aleksander Hemon writes of love and war, Sarajevo and America, with a skill and imagination that are breathtaking.

A love affair is experienced in the blink of an eye as the Archduke Ferdinand watches his wife succumb to an assassin's bullet. An exiled writer, working in a sandwich shop in Chicago, adjusts to the absurdities of his life. Love letters from war torn Sarajevo navigate the art of getting from point A to point B without being shot. With a surefooted sense of detail and life-saving humor, Aleksandar Hemon examines the overwhelming events of history and the effect they have on individual lives. These heartrending stories bear the unmistakable mark of an important new international writer.