Aleksandar Hemon Quotes About Country

• My country's main exports are stolen cars and sadness.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Country, Sadness, Car

  Aleksandar Hemon (2009). “The Lazarus Project”, p.73, Pan Macmillan

• I did not intend to stay; I had no experience in the United States - I may have been here less than 24 hours - but I knew I would never get inside there. And 'there' not being America necessarily, but that harmonious mode of living that some people are lucky enough to have in this country.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  País, América, Gente

  "Aleksandar Hemon: A personal history of Sarajevo". Interview with John Freeman, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2013.

• I have a hard time imagining a country or a government where I would say, "Oh, this is good," where I could live under a government that I respect for a day or a week, even to see what it feels like.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Country, Hard Times, Government

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Aleksandar Hemon". Interview with Rachel Dewoskin, therumpus.net. April 14, 2013.

• I cannot think of a country in which I would be happy with the government and dominant ideology and available propaganda.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Country, Thinking, Government

  "There Is No Real Life". Interview with Brad Fox, www.guernicamag.com. March 15, 2013.

• Every writer owes something to a particular tradition he/she grew up in. But no serious writer - other than the militantly nationalist ones - would reduce his/her domain of influence to a single tradition. Furthermore, historical breaks are so common and large in Europe that there are ruptures in every tradition which then connect the same generations across national borders. Younger Eastern European writers, for instance, have more in common with other writers of the same age in Europe, than with the previous, communist-era generations in their own countries.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Country, Historical, Age

  Fuente: www.omnivoracious.com

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