Dzevad Karahasan (1953–2023)

Veličanstveno umetničko delo, roman o Omaru Hajamu (1048-1131), persijskom matematičaru, astronomu, filozofu i peniku, nesumnjivo jednom od najznačajnijih ljudi srednjeg veka.

"Vanvremensko remek-delo! Roman koji seže u daleku prošlost, a ipak je tako savremen, koji raskošnu radost pripovedanja i užitak u detaljno istraženim istorijskim činjenicama povezuje sa univerzalnim i gustim refleksijama. Jedanaest godina rada je bosanski autor Dževad Karahasan uložio u svoju šaroliku, orijentalno ukrašenu istorijsku panoramu koja se odigrava u 11. veku, za vreme vladavine Seldžuka, u bajkovitoj persijskoj metropoli Isfahanu."… (plus d'informations)

Karahasans Ich-Erzähler lebt im Sarajevo während des Bosnien-Kriegs. Durch einen Zufall wird er in den Versuch verwickelt, ein junges Liebespaar aus der belagerten Stadt zu schmuggeln.

Karahasans dünner Roman ist vielschichtiger, als man auf den ersten Blick annehmen würde: Neben der eigentlichen Geschichte eines Fluchtversuchs erzählt er die Lebensgeschichte der Lehrerin Sara, die seit Erlebnissen im zweiten Weltkrieg hin- und hergerissen ist, zwischen ihrem träumerischen Ich und einem pragmatischen Dasein.

Trotzdem enttäuscht der vielversprechende Plot: Karahasan verzettelt sich in psychologischen Deutungen und philosophischen Erwägungen. Endlose und sinnentleerte Monologe und stupide Diskussionen der Protagonisten tragen ebenfalls nicht zur Lesefreude bei.… (plus d'informations)

Omar Khayyam, mathematician, sometime poet, and most important, astronomer at court of sultan. Story traces his life in Nishapur then finally in Isfahan, where he dies. He solves a mystery--poisoning of a friend's father. He marries the sister, Sukayna, and they have a blissful life together, in spite of the early death of their daughter from illness, until her murder which he can never forget.. He is involved in some of the happenings of those times. Always he returns to his scanning the skies to observe the stars, the solace of the night sky of the title. It is a relaxation for him. He spends the last year of his life in the company of a Bosian, Vukac, who later mentions his importance to him in his own memoirs.
I enjoyed following the story but philosophical musings and the later unsolved murders left me cold.
The language was complicated with too long sentences. The novel did give a personality to Omar. The cover shows one of his Rubaiyat.… (plus d'informations)