Bøger af Vagif Sultanly

The book includes the novel "Struggle in the Desert" and short stories written on different topics by the author. The novel depicts unexpected scenes faced by the protagonist who rejects the future and returns to the past. Different short stories convey literary thoughts about the fate of the world and humanity in the background of social-political and spiritual-ehtical problems. Vagif Sultanly's short stories contain inexplicable literary secret, enchanting humans and generating deep thoughts. Prof.dr.Grazyna ZayacCracow, PolandYou can feel a secret connection between life and spirit in Vagif Sultanly's writings. Dr.Khurshida KodirovaTashkent, UzbekistanVagif Sultanly's short stories in the Ukrainian language are creations born out of sad, but real events. Levko KhmelkovskyEmigrant writer of UkraineNew York, USA

This collection of the author's work contains novels such as "The Human Sea" and "The Dream of Death" as well as a selection of his short stories written over many years. "The Human Sea" narrates the tragic life of a convict who escapes the death penalty and starts a new life in a strange city under a different name, while "The Dream of Death" reflects the chaos created in a small community by the destruction of a cemetery. Different short stories give literary depictions of the ethical problems that modern society faces such as alienation, becoming a stranger, being useless and not finding a meaning in life.

The novel and short stories included in this book describe the problems inherent to modern Azerbaijani society such as alienation, loneliness, hopelessness, soullessness etc. against a background of sophisticated characters and events. The great, intellectual, path-defining writer of Azerbaijanian modern literature. Prof.dr.Eunkyung Oh (Seul, South Korea) Vagif Sultanly's figures and heroes are mostly owners of an inner dialog. Despite the torments and tragedies they are subjected to, they comprehend the essence of life as if through the prism of philosophy. Michael Brannock, writer (London, Great Britain) Vagif Sultanly is certainly a novelist who captures your attention however far removed you are from Azerbaijan. His subject matter is always a story with universal appeal. His nuances of alienation and the deep wish to belong are woven into this tale with mastery.The constant suspense keeps you turning the pages. An excellent read! Prof.Dr.Tamara Dragadze (London, Great Britain)

Vagif Sultanly is one of the foremost representatives of modern Azerbaijani prose and his latest book expresses moral and ethical features specific to modern society such as estrangement, alienation, oblivion, negligence and feelings of uselessness. The main part of the book is a novel entitled "The Dream of Death" which expresses the excitement and anxiety reflected inside the internal human world by the destruction of a town's cemetery to make way for a new highway and the consequent need to relocate the corpses from the old cemetery to the new one. A chaotic unfolding of the events and circumstances around this profoundly unsettling action in the novel allows the author to create a powerful view of a modern tragedy. The short stories entitled "The Morning Mist", "Motherland", "Mirage", "Polar Night", "The Cave" and "A Blind Tie" describe the moral and ethical changes imparted by the social environment to the human characters who are turned into objects of art description.

This dream-like narrative of an Azerbaijani village in crisis is a superbly cynical horror, that will entertain, amuse and chill the reader. A bulldozer driver is ordered to demolish the village cemetary for the building of a through road. He observes the villagers thrown into turmoil as they realize they must relocate their dead to higher ground.In digging up the cemetary they dig up the history of the village and the families that have lived there, revealing the bones of secrets long buried - and some not so long buried. And in fact some not quite yet . . . dead!