WHEN İS İT BEST TO REMEMBER?
Abstract
The town, Stolac, has a long history of vibrancy as a strategic commercial town and a centre of culture in the southern part of Bosnia—spawning writers, poets, scholars and artists disproportionate to its size. Maintaining the Sacred Centre: the Bosnian City of Stolac, is the latest book of Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, who caries on the heritage of his own hometown: Stolac. His book begins with a quote from the Quran and a line of poetry by Stolac-native Mak Dizdar—Bosnia’s leading poet in the 20th century. Both the Quran and the poetry of Mak Dizdar are returned to throughout the book, firmly placing this book in the Islamic tradition, and also in the humanistic cultural milieu of the town itself.
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References
- Mahmutćehajić, Rusmir. Maintaining the Sacred Center: The Bosnian City of Stolac. Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, 2011. Print.
Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Book Review
Authors
Ed Marques
This is me
Kuwait
Publication Date
December 30, 2011
Submission Date
May 14, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2011 Volume: 2 Number: 2