The Human Sea

by Vagif Sultanly

"The human sea" novel has a philosophical topic. The writer has created the character of a human whose life has turned into a tragedy because of the isolation from the society. The novel talks about different aspects of the alienation problems.

240 pages, Paperback

First published August 17, 2012

About the author

Vagif Sultanli was born in 1958.
He graduated the philology department of Baku State University in 1976-1981.

Currently he is the professor of the Modern Azerbaijani Literature chair of the Baku State University.

He worked as a journalist in the literary programs of Azerbaijani offices of “Liberty and Free Europe” radio of USA in 1995-1998.
He was the chief editor of “Khudaferin” journal (1995-1996) published in Poland and “Araz” journal (1996-1997) published in Sweden.

At the moment he is the editor-in-chief of the “Philologial researches” compilation (since 1996) and “World Azerbaijanis” journal (since 2002) which is published in USA.
He has published more than 20 books of novels, short stories, literary criticism and essays.

Some books:

Slave bazaar (short stories)
Death dream (novel)
Desert war (novel)
The Human sea (novel)
The valley of nothingness (short stories)
Azerbaijan emigration literature (literary criticism)
Literary illustrations (essays)
The horizons of freedom (essays)

Reviews

[Calzean]

A dark story about a man sentenced to death for committing a murder. He escapes and becomes part of society's outcasts, living on the street and a witness to all injustices.
It was a difficult book to read, not helped by a very poor English translation on the Kindle edition.