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Death and the Dervish (Writings from an Unbound Europe)
Mesa Selimovic
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Description for Death and the Dervish (Writings from an Unbound Europe)
Paperback. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 117 x 30. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Series
Writings from an Unbound Europe S.
Number of Pages
473
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810112971
SKU
V9780810112971
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