Death and the Dervish
Published on 14. August 1996
Book
Hardback
469 pages
978-0-8101-1296-4 (ISBN)
Description
Sheikh Nuruddin is a dervish at a Sarajevo monastery in the eighteenth century during the Turkish occupation. When his brother is arrested, he descends into the Kafkaesque world of the Turkish authorities in order to find out what has happened. As he does so, 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 appears here in its first English translation.
Reviews / Votes
""If there is any alternative to the bleak despair that permeates Death and the Dervish, it could be found in the solidarity and love between members of a family and friends. This simple message is timely, and badly needed in Bosnia today."" --World Literature Today|""A famous novel...that generates enormous power--worthy of comparison with Selimovic's great countryman and forerunner Ivo Andric."" --Kirkus
|""Speaks to contemporary readers with all the force of their twentieth-century sufferings and travails...a writer with a broad, tolerant orientation."" --World Literature Today
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 121 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-1296-4 (9780810112964)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Mesa Selimovic (1910 - 1982) was born in Tuzla, Bosnia. He became one of the most important writers in Yugoslavia.
Content
Introduction
Part 1
Part 2
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