The Bridge on the Drina (Phoenix Fiction) by Ivo Andric
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Book Reviews of The Bridge on the Drina (Phoenix Fiction)
Book Review: An Excellent Book by the Greatest Serb
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a book that provides a lot of historical facts about the life of serbian and other nationalities in Bosnia through the period of 500 years. Every sentence in this book maeans something else, and also has a message for its readers. Brilliant, inteligent, historical book. What else to expect from Ivo Andric, the greatest name in Serbian Literature, who won Nobel's prize for literature in 1961. P.S. For those who say he is a croat- he is not. It is impossible for someone so inteligent to be a croat. He only could be a Serb.Book Review: A history of occupation
Summary: 5 Stars
If you wish to capture the essence of the southern slavic ethos and historical trademark, read this book, embrace it, feel it. Ivo Andric masterfully collects pivotal traits of the Yugoslav people through centuries of occupation by Ottomans and Austrians. He grasps the crux of today's challenges in the Balkans: the scars by invaders and the thirst for national and even personal identity. I recommend every US government foreign services official and every NATO officer to read this book. I would also hope they'd understand it.Book Review: A Historical Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
Andric (who is not a Serb, by the way, but a Bosnian Croat) is on the money about many causes of the current Balkan conflicts. This book may be too harsh some readers, and is inappropriate for most people who are not familiar with the region; i.e. you may have to read an atlas and a "Yugoslavia" or "Ottoman Empire" entry in an encyclopedia prior to reading _Bridge_. If you like the book, you may also wish to read Andric's "The Damned Yard and Other Stories," as well as his other novels.Book Review: A gripping Saga
Summary: 5 Stars
Someone mentioned in reviewing this book that it didn't come across very well in translation. I have to say that in my opinion - not being fluent or even knowing any of the slavic languages - that I considered the descriptions in English better than most of the books I have read where they were written in English. A wonderful gripping book which I read when it first was published and am now reading again. I agree wih the reviewer commenting on the impalement , one could almost feel one was there by the description.Book Review: BRIDGE ON THE RIVER DRINA
Summary: 5 Stars
PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT AND STUNNING BACKGROUND FOR THE SERBIAN AND MUSLIM DIFFICULTIES BY WAY OF A TITILLATING FICTION DURING A PERIOD OF TURKISH EMPIRE DOMINANCE OF THE REGION. THIS IS A TIMELESS READ AND VERY MUCH APPLIES TO ENHANCING WESTERN UNDERSTANDING THE UNDERLYING HISTORY BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE TURKISH EMPIRE TO THE NEVER ENDING CONFLICT IN THE BALKANS--NOW BEING FURTHER EXEMPLIFIED BY THE SERBIAN RESPONSE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY KOSOVO THIS MONTH.
JIM KOZIAK
02/23/2008