Death and the Dervish (Writings from an Unbound Europe) (Paperback, Translated ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Northwestern University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1996
First published:	August 1996
Authors:	Mesa Selimovic
Translators:	Bogdan Rakic
Dimensions:	204 x 120 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	473
Edition:	Translated ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-8101-1297-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General
LSN:	0-8101-1297-3
Barcode:	9780810112971

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