In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth century on the instruction of a grand vezir, bears witness to three centuries of conflict. Visegrad has long been a bone of contention between the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires, but the bridge survives unscathed until 1914, when the collision of forces in the Balkans triggers the outbreak of World War I. The bridge spans generations, nationalities and creeds, silent testament to the lives played out on it. Radisav, a workman, tries to hinder its construction and is impaled alive on its highest point; beautiful Fata leaps from its parapet to escape an arranged marriage; Milan, inveterate gamble, risks all in one last game on it. With humour and compassion, Andric chronicles the lives of Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox Christians unable to reconcile their disparate loyalties.

Bridge Over the Drina

Literature & Fiction

Ivo Andrić

Contemporary

Harvill / HarperCollins

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Allen& Unwin

The Bridge on the Drina

The Bridge on the Drina is a vivid depiction of the suffering history has imposed upon the people of Bosnia from the late 16th century to the beginning of World War I. As we seek to make sense of the current nightmare in this region, this remarkable, timely book serves as a reliable guide to its people and history."No better introduction to the study of Balkan and Ottoman history exists, nor do I know of any work of fiction that more persuasively introduces the reader to a civilization other than our own. It is an intellectual and emotional adventure to encounter the Ottoman world through Andric's pages in its grandiose beginning and at its tottering finale. It is, in short, a marvelous work, a masterpiece, and very much sui generis. . . . Andric's sensitive portrait of social change in distant Bosnia has revelatory force."—William H. McNeill, from the introduction"The dreadful events occurring in Sarajevo over the past several months turn my mind to a remarkable historical novel from the land we used to call Yugoslavia, Ivo Andric's The Bridge on the Drina."—John M. Mohan, Des Moines Sunday RegisterBorn in Bosnia, Ivo Andric (1892-1975) was a distinguished diplomat and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. His books include The Damned Yard: And Other Stories, and The Days of the Consuls.

The Bridge On the Drina

Unwin Hyman

BERKLEY

Mersad Berber

Meša Selimović

Luc Menase

Control Data Pub Co

Omer Pasha Latas: Marshal to the Sultan

NYRB Classics

<p>In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth century on the instruction of a grand vezir, bears witness to three centuries of conflict. Visegrad has long been a bone of contention between the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires, but the bridge survives unscathed until 1914, when the collision of forces in the Balkans triggers the outbreak of World War I.The bridge spans generations, nationalities and creeds, silent testament to the lives played out on it. Radisav, a workman, tries to hinder its construction and is impaled alive on its highest point; beautiful Fata leaps from its parapet to escape an arranged marriage; Milan, inveterate gamble, risks all in one last game on it. With humour and compassion, Andric chronicles the lives of Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox Christians unable to reconcile their disparate loyalties.</p>

The Bridge Over the Drina

The Harvill Press

Mara la courtisane

BELFOND

Die Brücke über die Drina

Ullstein Taschenbuchverlag

<p>Svi romani u jednoj knjizi. Travni?ka hronika, Na Drini ?uprija, Gospo?ica, Prokleta avlija "Ja sam na putovanja trošio ne samo novac i vreme nego i snagu živaca i mašte, jer u putovanja treba ura?unati i duge, uglavnom izlišne pripreme u mašti i u stvarnosti... A koliko sam se u tim putovanjima trošio, vidi se najbolje po tome što sam za vreme dva velika rata (1914-1918. i 1941-1944), kada sam bio prisiljen da sedim na jednom mestu, napisao gotovo najve?i deo svojih radova." Ivo Andri? U mladu jugoslovensku književnost posle Prvog svetskog rata Ivo Andri? je ušao kao zapažena pesni?ka pojava zbirkama Ex Ponto i Nemiri, koje je uglavnom napisao tokom godina tamnovanja u šibenskom i mariborskom zatvoru 1914-1915, potom u vreme konfinacije u Zenici i Ov?arevu do 1917. i najzad tokom le?enja u zagreba?koj Bolnici milosrdnih sestara do kraja rata i ujedinjenja južnoslovenskih naroda. Pošto je u periodu izme?u dva rata, uglavnom putuju?i i seljakaju?i se po Evropi kao diplomata Kraljevine Jugoslavije, objavljivao samo pripovetke, tokom Drugog svetskog rata, u tišini svoje iznajmljene sama?ke sobe u Prizrenskoj ulici u Beogradu, napisao je svoja tri od ukupno ?etiri romana, Travni?ku hroniku (završen aprila 1942), Na Drini ?upriju (završen decembra 1943) i Gospo?icu (decembra 1943 - oktobra 1944). Roman-novelu Prokleta avlija objavio je 1954. godine. Za svoj celokupni opus Andri? je 1961. godine dobio Nobelovu nagradu za književnost, "za epsku snagu", kako stoji u obrazloženju o dodeli nagrade, "kojom je oblikovao motive i sudbine iz istorije svoje zemlje." Osim što su složene i duboke književne studije razli?itih doga?aja i junaka sa balkanske istorijske pozornice od srednjeg veka do drugog svetskog rata, ova remek-dela srpske književnosti istovremeno su i trajni literarni spomenik gradovima Travniku, Višegradu, Beogradu i Istanbulu, koji su uglavnom bili žarišne ta?ke Andri?evog života i ?itavog njegovog pripovednog dela.</p>

Romani

Laguna Beograd

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