Bosnian Chronicle: A Novel
by Ivo Andric
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Author: Ivo AndricEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-09-07
ISBN: 1559702362
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
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Book Review: Transition Novel From 19th to 20th Century Styles
Summary: 5 Stars
The "Bosnian Chronicles" is an interesting novel because it is written in a style that shows a transition from 19th to 20th century writing. Much of the novel has a sweep of time, character, and historical events so promenient in novels from Dickens, Tolstoy, and other great 19th century novelists. Yet, the novel also moves into that 20th character development and examination that marks writers like Hemingway, Faulkner, or Fitzgerald.
The novel takes a strong third person perspective with that ever present God's eye view of a French consul, an Austrian consul, and the inhabitants of a Muslim village in Bosnia. It occurs at the turn of the 17th century during the rise and fall of Napoleon. We are treated to both a psychological and sociological presentation of how people from three different nations and two different religious cultures meet and interact with each other on the borders of great powers (France, Austria, Russia, and Turkey) as they cope with the effects of those great and distant powers on their daily lives.
Ivo Andric wrote this novel as part of a trilogy during World War II when he was under house arrest. Andric was born in Bosnia and lived through the craziness of Muslim-Christian conflicts and how they played out in the march of Fascism and the rise of nationalism. I cannot imagine what it must have been like to have lived through that time in that region and Andric provides a window on it by putting all the "players" together in a small, isolated village, but in a different time period. In a way, this novel is like "Old Man and the Sea" where the author deliberately simplifies a big story by putting all the characters and action in a much smaller scene. Andric writes about religion, politics, war, family, and community from a perspective of widely divergent people. It is quite compelling.
You would probably enjoy this novel if you like novels as both an art form and a form of wisdom expression. If you're looking for a fun read or something light and easy, this would probably be a boring waste of time for you.
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