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Original Title:	Derviš i smrt
ISBN:	0810112973 (ISBN13: 9780810112971)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/death-and-dervish-0
Characters:	Ahmed Nuruddin
Setting:	Sarajevo(Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Literary Awards:	ANVOY Award (1970), NIN Prize (1966)

Death and the Dervish Paperback | Pages: 473 pages

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Title	:	Death and the Dervish
Author	:	Meša Selimović
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 473 pages
Published	:	August 14th 1996 by Northwestern University Press (first published 1966)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction

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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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I guess is one of the best books what I read, this mix of cultures, is simply great!!

Imagine a bag of candy with 455 pieces of the most delicious pieces of candy inside. Each is so delicate and mouth-watering that you feel the need to expand the joy to as many minutes as possible, and it sweetens the soul, just like it does the tongue.This is basically what this book was like to me. It's not an easy read (and thank God for that), but it's great literature. Such great literature.The book (written 1962-66 and a classic in Yugoslav literature) is set in Sarajevo under Ottoman rule



All we try to do in life is have a congruent and balanced view about the world, people and what's happening around us. And we try to protect our safe zone often ignoring and dismissing the things that not fit in our congruent view about the life. We believe in that we live in a just world, suffering people suffer because they must have done something to deserve this (!) And, what happens if our congruent world attacks us from behind and then we become the object of injustice? Can we manage to

Imagine a bag of candy with 455 pieces of the most delicious pieces of candy inside. Each is so delicate and mouth-watering that you feel the need to expand the joy to as many minutes as possible, and it sweetens the soul, just like it does the tongue.This is basically what this book was like to me. It's not an easy read (and thank God for that), but it's great literature. Such great literature.The book (written 1962-66 and a classic in Yugoslav literature) is set in Sarajevo under Ottoman rule

My closest Bosnian friend gave this to me after I'd read Ivo Andric's Bridge on the Drina. This is not as accessible a book as Andric's masterpiece. Drawing a comparison, Andric is Tolstoy while Selimović is Dostoevsky. While Andric gives you everything you need to know to appreciate his book, Selimović presupposes the reader knows enough to fill in the background.

Masterpiece. If I had to chose The Book of the books - this would be my choice!