The World and All That It Holds
02 February 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon’s masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas
The World and All That It Holds is the epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.
As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding...
Details
02 February 2023352 pages
9781035017379Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A tour de force. Hemon has given us a story of love and war like no otherKamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire
'Alexsandar Hemon's new novel is immense. ... It contains almost as much as its title promises. By turns lyrical and sardonic, it is as emotionally compelling as it is clever. I'll be surprised if I enjoy a novel more this year.'Guardian
A magnificent, ambitious masterpieceFinancial Times
A twisting, turning epic rooted in love in all its forms; an odyssey of statelessness; a haunted museum of history ranging from Sarajevo to Shanghai and Jerusalem . . . This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon’s masterpieceDavid Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas
