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The Bridge Over the Drina (Paperback)
by Ivo Andric (Author), Lovette F. Edwards (Translator)
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Product details
  • Paperback: 314 pages
  • Publisher: The Harvill Press; New Ed edition (5 April 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1860460585
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860460586
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 121,810 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Overall a good read., 5 Jun 2004
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A book which beautifully describes the history of a small Bosnian town through the eyes of the ethnic Serbs (Bosnian Muslims play a very passive role in the book and Croats are barely mentioned in the book until the end and are generally referred to as 'migrants' to the area)

The book is focused on a bridge built by an Ottoman Pasha descended from the town who was taken away as a child, converted to Islam and intergrated into the Ottoman aristocracy. Not forgetting his place of birth he embellishes his home town with a bridge and small caravanserai that it may serve as a stop off point for the trade routes between Ottoman Hungary and Anatolia.

What makes this book special is its descriptions of the ordinary people of the town, and the life of the town over the centuries from Ottoman rule to Austro-Hungarian occupation, the only negative side of the book is the translators odd reference to Bosnias Muslims as 'Turks' which even from reading the book one can see that they are not.

Overall a good read

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A breathtaking and beautiful book., 6 Aug 2000
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You must buy this book. If you have any interest in beautiful writing, humanity, and European history, it is completely indispensable. Andric uses the bridge over the river Drina as a constant against the background of shifting empires, personal tragedies, broken gamblers and distraught lovers, and gives a much more compelling vision of Bosnian identity than any journalist or historian ever could. An absolutely brilliant book one of the best you will ever read.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You haven't lived until you read this book, 17 Feb 1999
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A grand historical narrative stretching over 500 years of Balkan history, this book should be read by everyone with an interest in European history. You won't be able to put it down.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not Islamophobic! Beautiful account, fact and fiction intertwined
Its a bit ridiculous to state that this book is Islamophobic - it isn't Andric's fault that the Ottoman empire was at times very brutal! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Politics as prose
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4.0 out of 5 stars Why the Muslims are called Turks
In order to understand why the author called Bosniacs, the Turks you have to know more about Bosnian history. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Superbly written, but Islamophobic
Upon reading the first few chapters of The Bridge Over the Drina, you can see why it won a Nobel prize. It is superbly written, and makes excellent use of factual events. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2003

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