A grand, tender story spanning decades and continents
One June day in 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrived in Sarajevo, and Rafael Pinto was busy working in his father's pharmacy, the world exploded. Raphael is not ready for war or military service. And yet he has to go to the front.
Somewhere in the trenches among Galicia, his fantasies are finally destroyed. War differs from student weekdays in debauched Vienna, summer walks, or dreamy evenings. The only thing that keeps Raphael at the front is his love for his brother, Osman.
Unlike the poetic Raphael, Osman has no illusions about war; he is brave and tenacious. With him, you can dare to do anything, even escape. Will the lovers manage to make such an adventure? And will love save them on the way to freedom?
Why should you read the book "The World and Everything in It"?
It is a heartbreaking love-erotic story about a war that spans decades, and continents recreated through the prism of the lives of LGBT people.
Aleksandar Gemon is considered one of the boldest voices in fiction.
About Aleksandar Gemon:
Aleksandar Gemon is a Bosnian-American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. They were published in The New Yorker, Esquire, The Paris Review, New York Times, and Sarajevo magazine BH Dani. Hemon is also a musician and works in this field under the pseudonym "Cielo Hemon."
