The World and All That It Holds: A Novel

Synopsis

From literary powerhouse Aleksandar Hemon, author of The Lazarus Project, comes a big, brilliant, sweeping novel of love, memory, and history-in-the-making.As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo on a sunny June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his estimable father. It&’s not quite the life he had expected during his poetry -filled student days in sophisticated, libertine Vienna—but it&’s nothing a dash of laudanum from the high shelf, a summer stroll, and idle fantasies about passersby can&’t help.And then the world explodes. War devours all that they have known, and the only thing Pinto has to live for are the attentions and affection of Osman, a fellow soldier, a man of action to complement Pinto&’s introspective, poetic soul; a dapper, charismatic storyteller; Pinto&’s protector and his lover.Together, Pinto and Osman will escape the trenches, survive near-certain death and imprisonment, tangle with spies and Bolsheviks. Over mountains and across deserts, from one world to another, it is Pinto&’s love for Osman—with the occasional opiatic interlude—that keeps him going.The World and All That It Holds—in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, whimsical, philosophical glory—showcases Hemon&’s celebrated talent at its pinnacle and cements him as one of the boldest voices of our time.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

352 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780735247116

Related ISBNs:

9780735247109

Publisher:

Penguin Canada

Date of Addition:

01/24/23

Copyrighted By:

Aleksandar Hemon

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Military, Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.