Selimović Meša: The Fortress
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- Author: Selimović Meša
- Publisher: Vulkan izdavaštvo
- Availability: Available
- Condition: Nova knjiga
- Code: 62116
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The Fortress
Selimović Meša
Summary
Meša Selimović: The Fortress
The Fortress is one of the most significant and fascinating novels to come out of the former Yugoslavia. Published as Tvrdava in Serbian, it is the tenth and among the best-known novels by Mesa Selimovic (1910-1982). In the novel, Ahmet Shabo returns home to seventeenth-century Sarajevo from the war in Russia, numbed by the death in battle or suicide of almost his entire military unit. In time he overcomes the anguish of war, only to find that he has emerged a reflective and contemplative man in a society that does not value, and will not tolerate, the subversive implications of these qualities. Set in Bosnia in the late 1700s, the novel sometimes functions as an artful metaphor for the communist Yugoslavia of Selimovic's day. At other times, the author explores the nuances of Ottoman rule in the Balkans. Muslim Ahmet's sustaining marriage to a young Christian woman provides a multicultural tension that strongly resonates with contemporary readers and sensibilities.
Additional information
- Author: Selimović Meša
- Publisher: Vulkan izdavaštvo
- Year of publication:2018
- Place of publication:Beograd
- Pages:349
- Dimensions:15X21 cm
- Script:Latinica
- Condition:Nova knjiga
- Binding:Tvrdi
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