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Faruk Šehić

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in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

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Faruk Šehić was born in 1970 in Bihać, in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Until the outbreak of war in 1992, he studied veterinary medicine in Zagreb. However, the then 22-year-old joined the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which he led a unit of 130 men. After the war he studied literature and has gone on to create his own literary works.
His second book ‘Hit depot’ (2003) was the absolutely literary bestseller in Bosnia despite that was a poetry book. In this book he made a sketches of a several main topic of his later works such as postwar life on the edge of society. His poems are about local (and global) feeling of capitalistic way of life mixed with desperate postwar life in ruins, remains of dead society in Sarajevo ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 869 ratings · 115 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Knjiga o Uni 3.69 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 2011 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under Pressure by Faruk Šehić (Goodreads Author), Mirza Purić (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Priče sa satnim mehanizmom 3.72 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greta; balada o Migfoldu / tamni, emocionalni transrealizam 4.17 avg rating — 48 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hit depo / Pod pritiskom / Transsarajevo / Apokalipsa iz Recycle bina 4.15 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moje rijeke 4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cimetna pisma, dijamantna stvorenja (saga o preživiteljima) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hit depo 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transsarajevo 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Street Epistles really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Faruk Šehić made a comment on Linus’s review of Knjiga o Uni " If I read one stupid "review" as yours once again, I think my brain will melted. Grow your brain, or get laid. Second option is strongly recommended. ...more "
Apr 19, 2025 02:12AM · see review
Faruk Šehić and 2 other people liked Sabine Coppens's review of Zachtjes stroomt de Una: "4,5⭐️"
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Faruk Šehić liked Jane Rukas's review of Книга про Уну: ""Якщо вас хтось попросить коротко пояснити війну, скажіть йому так: «Це як розтягнутий Кінець світу з вершками, тільки значно краще». Це нашестя змій кольору сонця і місяця, з якими ми кохаємося цілу ніч просто неба". Автор - комбатант, і це дуже від" Read more of this review »
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Faruk Šehić and 7 other people liked Katya's review of Книга про Уну: "красиво, бо це ж боснійська література 🤍 тут багато описів природи, риб та зеленців, за якими насправді ховаються спогади про дитинство та часи війни. і от розділ «1992, Нульовий рік» – для мене квінтесенція всієї книги."
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Faruk Šehić liked Liudmyla's review of Книга про Уну: "Надзвичайно соковитий і концентрований опис спогадів і почуттів. "
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“Пролетта е религия, по-стара от Месопотамия.”
― Faruk Šehić, Knjiga o Uni

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“Във водата човешкото тяло почти никога не може да има същия войнствен заряд като на сушата. Макар че мускулите проблясват, оросени от водни капчици, тук култът към тялото има само една-едничка цел: да се противопоставяш на реката, като плуваш срещу разпенените прагове, за да почувстваш красотата на водната стихия, която за миг ще стане част и от твоите мишци.”
― Faruk Šehić, Knjiga o Uni

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“Значи къпането е просто друга дума за възкресение и нов живот. О, колко окайвахме в такива моменти градовете и местата, които чудотворната вода не миеше с вълните си, защото всяка вода е свята и вълшебна, дори и тясното поточе, което си проправя път през храсталаците на някоя забутана ливада. Нашите реки ни издигаха в собствените ни очи, чувствахме се богоизбрани и специално спрямо горките градове без води, но и спрямо жителите им, къпещи се в мътни и мръсни водоеми, чието дъно не се виждаше както на нашето речно огледало, в което се гмуркахме отново всеки ден. Трудно е да опровергаеш факта, че животът не е възникнал във водата. Близостта с жизнените сили на природата, които усещам, когато скоча в реката, не може да се сравни с другите дарове на земята. Това проникване във водата, когато се сливаш в едно тяло с нея. За него копнеят любовниците от всички времена.”
― Faruk Šehić, Knjiga o Uni

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