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Following his depiction of Bosnia under siege in the much celebrated Sarajevo Blues, Semezdin Mehmedinovic now explores the vast space of his new continent. Mostly written in response to a cross-country journey by train in post 9/11 America, Mehmedinovic’s Nine Alexandrias provides a poetry of witness and testimony of a very different order. In this nightmarish and exhilarating odyssey, Mehmedinovic’s political acuity is displayed everywhere but barely pronounced. In Washington D.C., his new home, the graphic and tactile affirmation of life amidst horror depicted so masterfully in Sarajevo Blues, turns into an eerie silence that permeates both the expanse of the land and the heart of the American empire. Praise for Nine Alexandrias: "It consists of three sequences; two of them while purposefully understated, are as good as anything published in English this year... Alcalay's English never feels forced or rushed, and his very acute introduction articulates the book's underlying conceit perfectly." – Publisher's Weekly *Starred Review
“Sarajevo Blues is widely considered here to be the best piece of writing to emerge from the besieged capital since Bosnia’s war erupted in April 1992.” —The Washington Post
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