Death and the Dervish (Writings from an Unbound Europe)
Death and the Dervish (Writings from an Unbound Europe)
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An acclaimed novel by Bosnian writer Mesa Selimovic. It recounts the story of Sheikh Nuruddin, a dervish residing in an Islamic monastery in Sarajevo in the eighteenth century during the Ottoman Turk hegemony over the Balkans. Hugely successful when published in the 1960s, Death and the Dervish is an enduring classic.
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Death and the Dervish (Writings from an Unbound Europe) by Mesa Selimovic
Death and the Dervish is an acclaimed novel by Bosnian writer Mesa Selimovic. It recounts the story of Sheikh Nuruddin, a dervish residing in an Islamic monastery in Sarajevo in the eighteenth century during the Ottoman Turk hegemony over the Balkans. When his brother is arrested, he must descend into the Kafkaesque world of the Turkish authorities in his search to discover what happened to him. He narrates his story in the form of an elaborate suicide note, regularly misquoting the Koran. In time, he begins to question his relations with society as a whole and, eventually, his life choices in general. Hugely successful when published in the 1960s, Death and the Dervish is an enduring classic from twentieth-century Yugoslavia.
MESA SELIMOVIC (1910-1982) was born in Tuzla, Bosnia. A writer of numerous award-winning novels, including The Fortress, he was among the most popular novelists in Yugoslavia.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780810112971 |
| ISBN 10 | 0810112973 |
| Titre | Death and the Dervish (Writings from an Unbound Europe) |
| Auteur | Mesa Selimovic |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Northwestern University Press |
| Année de publication | 1996-08-30 |
| Nombre de pages | 473 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |