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Stone Sleeper by Mak Dizdar (Paperback, 2009)

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ISBN-13: 9780856463976, 978-0856463976. 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.

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Inspired by tombstones and their inscriptions, Mak Dizdar's rich and haunting poems in Stone Sleeper , 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. Francis R Jones' 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 Mahmutaehajia, whose book Across the Water: On the Poetry of Mak Dizdar is published by Fordham University Press.