This morality tale pits a scientist, a government worker, a mistress, a deacon, and a physician against each other in a verbal battle of wits and ethics - which explodes into a violent contest: the duel. The Duel kindles an introspective challenge of the intellectual and the moral kind.
Author Biography
Aleksandar Hemon is the author of the acclaimed The Question of Bruno and Nowhere Man. He was born in Sarajevo in 1964 and moved to America in 1992. He lives in Chicago with his wife.
Reviews
"Chekhov's art . . . is dedicated to explicit and definitive portraiture and the muscular trajectory of whole lives."-Cynthia Ozick
