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Tuturuza i šeh Meco
This novel is composed of 14 chapters and every chapter can be read as a separate story. The main characters are troublemakers: Tuturuz, a younger man who knows how to sing and play well, who likes parties and celebrations and Seh Meco, who is a man with a rich life experience, a scholar with knowledgeable and open mind. The two strike a strong friendship and a big appetite. Every chapter is filled with stories of their lucky and unlucky streaks,while painting the life of 20th century Bosnian neighborhoods and villages with the language spoken at that time.
296 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1978
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About the author
Alija Nametak
9 books1 followerAlija Nametak was Bosnian writer-storyteller, dramatist and a historian.
He attended University of Zagreb where he studied language and literature, alongside French and Russian languages. His literary career started early as he traveled and collected information on oral literature and ethnolinguistics. He wrote novellas and prose which were published in various literary magazines. He worked in Sarajevo as an editor of ”Novi Behar” [New Bloom] (1930 -1945), and later as a teacher at a couple of different high schools (Tehnička škola, Učiteljska škola, Gazi Husrev-begova medresa) [Technical School, Teacher's School, Gazi-Husrev-beg religious school]. For a while, he was a lecturer and an administrator at the National Theater of Sarajevo. He was accused and found guilty of conspiring against the government during WWII, and given 15 years of prison time. He spent 9 years incarcerated, and after being set free he worked as a coordinator for Folk Music Cultural Institute in Sarajevo, and later as a librarian at a Music Academy until his retirement in 1973.
He was a hardworking star trying to preserve cultural gems of Bosnia and Herzegovina. His punishment for shining so brightly was to be forgotten behind prison walls, but with the strength of his creative talent he was able to pull himself out of that black hole and create a shining spot for himself in the literary world.
He attended University of Zagreb where he studied language and literature, alongside French and Russian languages. His literary career started early as he traveled and collected information on oral literature and ethnolinguistics. He wrote novellas and prose which were published in various literary magazines. He worked in Sarajevo as an editor of ”Novi Behar” [New Bloom] (1930 -1945), and later as a teacher at a couple of different high schools (Tehnička škola, Učiteljska škola, Gazi Husrev-begova medresa) [Technical School, Teacher's School, Gazi-Husrev-beg religious school]. For a while, he was a lecturer and an administrator at the National Theater of Sarajevo. He was accused and found guilty of conspiring against the government during WWII, and given 15 years of prison time. He spent 9 years incarcerated, and after being set free he worked as a coordinator for Folk Music Cultural Institute in Sarajevo, and later as a librarian at a Music Academy until his retirement in 1973.
He was a hardworking star trying to preserve cultural gems of Bosnia and Herzegovina. His punishment for shining so brightly was to be forgotten behind prison walls, but with the strength of his creative talent he was able to pull himself out of that black hole and create a shining spot for himself in the literary world.
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January 21, 2016
Odličan historijski roman koji daje uvid u dekadentno bošnjačko društvo nakon prvog svjetskog rata.
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