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Death and the Dervish

Meša Selimović

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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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Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1996

Publisher:: Northwestern University Press

Edition:: Translated

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0810112973

ISBN13:: 9780810112971

kindle Asin:: B00IBDN8Y8

Death and the Dervish

Meša Selimović

4.51/5 (6716 ratings)

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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.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1996

Publisher:: Northwestern University Press

Edition:: Translated

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0810112973

ISBN13:: 9780810112971

kindle Asin:: B00IBDN8Y8

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