{"product_id":"9780856463976","title":"Stone Sleeper","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by tombstones and their inscriptions, Mak Dizdar’s rich and haunting poems in \u003ci\u003eStone Sleeper\u003c\/i\u003e, his most famous work, are a journey into the mysterious heart of medieval Bosnia. The poems form a three-way dialogue between the modern poet, the Christian heretics awaiting Judgement Day beneath their enigmatically-carved tombstones, and the heretic-hunters. Beneath the local and temporal, Dizdar explores universal issues: the value of resistance, though it might be futile; of faith, though it might be illusory; and of life, though it ends in death.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrancis R Jones’s inventive and beautiful translations convey his deep understanding of Dizdar’s purpose. In addition a penetrating analysis of Stone Sleeper’s historical, religious and spiritual background is given by the distinguished scholar Rusmir Mahmutcehajic, whose book \u003ci\u003eAcross the Water: On the Poetry of Mak Dizdar\u003c\/i\u003e is published by Fordham University Press.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMehmed Alija Mak’ Dizdar (1917-1971), considered one of the greatest Yugoslav writers, was born in Stolac, southern Bosnia. After the war, in which he was a partisan in Tito’s army, he became a prominent figure in Bosnian cultural life, working as newspaper editor, as book publisher and, finally, as President of the Writers’ Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He died in Sarajevo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027176636656,"sku":"9780856463976","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780856463976_p0.jpg?v=1763825935","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780856463976","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}