Death and the Dervish
of Meša Selimović, Bogdan Rakić (Translator), Stephen M. Dickey (Translation)
Description
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 Ottoman 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 that was made into a feature length film in 1974.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 473 pages
- Publisher Northwestern University Press
- Publication Date August 14th 1996
- First Publication 10/28/66
- Language English
- ISBN 9780810112971
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)']
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