Summary
Dževad Karahasan: Diary of Melancholy
The Melancholy Diary of Dževad Karahasan is, along with the Book of Gardens, the most important book of essays in the oeuvre of the great Bosnian author and one of the most important collections of essays that have ever appeared in the Bosnian language. In this work, Karahasan shows that he is not only the leading Bosnian writer of today, but also a poeta doctus of the European format, who in the best way manages to connect the literary form of the essay with broad erudition and deep theoretical insights and the interpretive inspiration of a top reader of the classics of European literature - Kleist, Buchner, Goethe and others. The Melancholic Diary of Dževad Karahasan is, along with the Book of Gardens, the most significant book of essays in the oeuvre of the great Bosnian author and one of the most important collections of essays that have ever appeared in the Bosnian language. In this work, Karahasan shows that he is not only the leading Bosnian writer of today, but also a poeta doctus of the European format, who in the best way manages to connect the literary form of the essay with broad erudition and deep theoretical insights and the interpretive inspiration of a top reader of the classics of European literature - Kleist, Buchner, Goethe and others.
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