Since it was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 1961, ivo andric s novel, the bridge on the drina 1945, has received much attention from literary critics who have dealt with different. It revolves around the mehmed pasa sokolovic bridge in visegrad, which spans the drina river and stands as a silent witness to history from its construction by the ottomans in the. A great stone bridge built three centuries ago in the heart of the balkans. The bridge on the drina by ivo andric the greatest books. No better introduction to the study of balkan and ottoman history exists, nor. The bridge over the drina andric, ivo, edwards, lovette f. Due to length of the book and numerous requests, pushing back one week 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.
Celia hawkesworth has won the heldt prize for translation and has been shortlisted for the weidenfeld prize for literary translation. While much is made of the contrast between the enduring stone of the bridge and the ephemeral lives of the people who lived by it, what andric offers is something more. It revolves around the mehmed pasa sokolovic bridge in visegrad, which spans the drina river and stands as a silent witness to history from its construction by the ottomans in the mid16th century until its partial destruction during world war i. Andric was awarded the nobel prize in literature for his entire literary work of which this novel is best known in 1961.
Pdf sacrifice and christian witness in the bridge on drina by ivo. A stone bridge from the 16th century, an endowment of mehmedpasha sokolovic, like a mute witness remembers the seeming harmony of different cultures, religions and peoples whereas deep antagonism exists between them. In 1961, andric was awarded the nobel prize in literature and his works became subject to international recognition. About the author 1994 ivo andric was born october 10, 1892, in docu, bosnia.
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The slogan slav south to czech friends which was the motto of the concert of goran bregovic and his orchestra for weddings and funerals could be used again for yet another big endeavor of the association lastavica. Ivo andric was born in the village of dolac, near travnik, in gospodjica and nove pripovetke new stories, andric presented. Andric wrote the novel while living quietly in belgrade during world war ii, publishing it in 1945. Jul 26, 20 the real bridge on the drina, circa 1900. Buy the bridge over the drina new ed by ivo andric, lovett f. Cupriha bridge on the drina was published in march xndric that year to widespread acclaim. Or maybe it the book is about the life of the bridge, built hundreds of years ago its a real bridge.
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