Works
In 2000 Hemon published his first book, The Question of Bruno, which included short stories and a novella, to overwhelmingly positive reviews.
His second book, Nowhere Man, followed in 2002. Variously referred to as a novel and as a collection of linked stories, Nowhere Man concerns Jozef Pronek, a character who earlier appeared in one of the stories in The Question of Bruno. It was a finalist for the 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award.
In June 2006, "Exchange of Pleasant Words" and "A Coin" was published by Picador.
In May 2008, Hemon released The Lazarus Project, which featured photographs by Hemon's childhood friend, photographer Velibor Božović. The novel was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award.
In May 2009, Hemon released a collection of stories, Love and Obstacles, which were largely written at the same time as he wrote The Lazarus Project.
In 2011, Hemon was awarded PEN/W.G. Sebald Award chosen by the judges Jill Ciment, Salvatore Scibona, and Gary Shteyngart.
- Short fiction
- "The Liar", collected in The Book of Other People (Zadie Smith, editor)
- "Love and obstacles". The New Yorker 81 (38). November 28, 2005. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/11/28/051128fi_fiction. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- "The noble truths of suffering". The New Yorker 84 (29). September 22, 2008. http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/09/22/080922fi_fiction_hemon. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- Articles
- "A shining monument of loss". Granta 103: 29–31. Autumn 2008. http://www.granta.com/Magazine/Granta-103/Subject-Object/Page-1. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- "If God existed, He'd be a solid midfielder". Granta 108. Autumn 2009.
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