novel "The Bridge on the Drina" by Ivo Andrić

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"The Bridge on the Drina" is a historical novel by Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić that chronicles centuries of life, conflict, and cultural change in a Bosnian town through the symbolic presence of a stone bridge.

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author Ivo Andrić NERFINISHED
awardedAuthorNobelPrize Ivo Andrić NERFINISHED
centralObject Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Yugoslavia NERFINISHED
depictsEvent Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED
Ottoman conquest of the Balkans NERFINISHED
construction of Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
outbreak of World War I in the Balkans
genre epic novel
historical fiction
hasAdaptation The Bridge on the Drina (film project and TV adaptations) NERFINISHED
influenced Balkan historical fiction
language Bosnian
Croatian
Serbian
Serbo-Croatian
literaryMovement Yugoslav literature
mainLocationFeature Drina River NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient
narrativeStructure chronicle
notableCharacterType Austro-Hungarian administrators
Ottoman officials
Serb, Muslim, and Jewish inhabitants
townspeople of Višegrad
originalTitle Na Drini ćuprija NERFINISHED
partOf Ivo Andrić’s Bosnian trilogy
publicationYear 1945
publisher Svjetlost NERFINISHED
recognizedAs classic of Yugoslav literature
major work of Balkan literature
relatedAward Nobel Prize in Literature 1961 NERFINISHED
relatedWork Bosnian Chronicle NERFINISHED
The Woman from Sarajevo NERFINISHED
setIn Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED
Višegrad NERFINISHED
settingPeriodEnd 1914
settingPeriodStart mid-16th century
symbol bridge as link between cultures
bridge as witness of history
theme Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia
Ottoman rule in the Balkans
continuity and change
cultural coexistence
ethnic conflict
everyday life in a provincial town
timeSpanOfNarrative 16th century to early 20th century

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