The Bridge on the Drina

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. 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. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.