Die Brücke über die Drina (SZ-Bibliothek, #69)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9783866155190 (3866155190)
Publish date: August 18th 2007
Publisher: Süddeutsche Zeitung Bibliothek
Pages no: 422
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
Literature,
European Literature,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
War,
Nobel Prize,
Serbian Literature
This is a sort of fictionalized history, which the author referred to as a “chronicle” rather than a novel. It spans about 350 years in the history of Višegrad, Bosnia, telling the story of the town and its Ottoman-era bridge from the 16th century to World War I. The book dips into the lives of indi...
Finished. About a bridge, a beautiful bridge. Through this bridge one finds hope. But the book is also about the passage of time and the folly of man and the peoples and cultures of the Balkans. One percieves the smallness of man. There are no clear answers. Is it foolish to hope for a better future...
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