Na Drini ćuprija - BookWyrm.World

314 pages

English language

Published 1977

ISBN:: 978-0-226-02045-7
Goodreads:: 3140

(1 review)

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 …

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. --back cover

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Anthony reviewed Le pont sur la Drina by Ivo Andrić

Le pont sur la Drina

5 stars

Période mouvementée des vacances oblige, j'ai mis quelques semaines à lire ce beau roman d'Ivo Andrić. De la fin du XVIe siècle au début du XXe siècle, nous vivons autour d'un édifice qui constituera un « immuable » au regard de l'agitation des hommes. De son édification à ses premières blessures (en 1914), l'auteur tisse peu à peu un lien indéfectible entre le pont et les habitants de la région. Sur la kapia – petit lieu de vie aménagé au centre du pont – se posent, se croisent (ou s'ignorent) les multiples cultures qui vivent – parfois en paix, souvent en conflit – dans la région, un territoire géopolitiquement instable et complexe, balkanisé. Une œuvre à la hauteur de l'Histoire qu'elle narre avec brio.