Ivo Andrić

A vivid depiction of the suffering history has imposed upon the people of Bosnia from the late sixteenth century to the beginning of World War I, The Bridge on the Drina earned Andric the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. 

A great stone bridge built three centuries ago in the heart of the Balkans by a Grand Vezir of the Ottoman Empire dominates the setting of Ivo Andric's novel. Spanning generations, nationalities, and creeds, the bridge stands witness to the countless lives played out upon it: Radisav, the workman, who tries to hinder its construction and is impaled on its highest point;  to the lovely Fata, who throws herself from its parapet to escape a loveless marriage; to Milan, the gambler, who risks everything in one last game on the bridge with the devil his opponent; to Fedun, the young soldier, who pays for a moment of spring forgetfulness with his life. War finally destroys the span, and with it the last descendant of that family to which the Grand Vezir confided the care of his pious bequest -- the bridge.
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The Bridge on the Drina

Drina Köprüsü

After the defeat of Napoleon, a French consul in Bosnia is threatened with political persecution

Bosnian Chronicle

Prokleta avlija

Milan Bogdanović

Velibor Gligorić

Predrag Palavestra

Petar Džadžić

Dušan Pajin

Slavko Leovac

Stanko Korać

Radovan Vučković

Ljubiša Jeremić

Na Drini ćuprija

Gospođica

Irgat Siman

Vuk Milatović

Ernst E. Jonas

eine Wischegrader Chronik ; Roman

Die Brücke über die Drina

Nemiri ; Lirika

Ex Ponto

Lanetli Avlu

La ciudad de Visegrad (Bosnia), situada a orillas del río Drina, tuvo un momento de esplendor en la Edad Media por constituir un puente de tránsito entre el mundo cristiano y el islámico. Esta novela recoge la historia de esa comunidad plural y conflictiva, tomando como pretexto narrativo el gran puente de piedra que cruza el río, lugar de encuentro y paseo para sus habitantes. La larga crónica abarca desde el siglo XVI hasta principios del XX, y nos da cuenta de las tensiones y enfrentamientos que se suceden y heredan de generación en generación. Suma de pequeñas historias particulares que constituyen la historia de una comunidad de comunidades, la antigua Yugoslavia, esta narración explica las raíces del odio y la violencia de la eterna comunidad imposible.

Ivo Andrić

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