The Lazarus ProjectBy: Aleksandar Hemon Prose this powerful could wake the dead Observer Crossing a century of Eastern European history, The Lazarus Project is a profound exploration of alienation and the immigrant experience from Aleksandar Hemon, author of The World and All That It Holds. On 2 March 1908, Lazarus Averbuch, a young Russian Jewish immigrant to Chicago, tried to deliver a letter to the citys Chief of Police. He was shot dead. After the shooting, it was