Bosnian Chronicle - Softcover

Andric, Ivo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178497112X ISBN 13: 9781784971120

Publisher: Apollo Library, 2016

Synopsis

Awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, BOSNIAN CHRONICLE is Ivo Andri 's greatest achievement. A Tolstoyan epic that tells us more about the Balkans than a dozen history books.

When Napoleon's newly appointed consul arrives in the small town of Travnik, he soon finds himself intriguing against his Austrian and Turkish rivals, whilst dealing with a confusing cast of Bosnian notables, Catholic priests, Jewish merchants and Muslim farmers.

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Review:

The wealth and variety of its fictional elements carry it so far beyond the confines of a straightforward novel, it cannot be limited to such a description. It puts one in mind of a collection of tales, but no collection of tales (not even A Thousand and One Nights) ever possessed such a unity and continuity of theme' --George Perec

'In a novel with the range and sweep of BOSNIAN CHRONICLE, the main conflict is between the large forces of history, religion and ideology of east and west. Their passing embodiment in lives vividly portrayed gives history a hundred telling faces and voices' --Michael Schmidt

Book Description:

A timeless saga of intrigue and conquest in the heart of Bosnia by that country’s greatest writer, the Nobel prize-winning author of The Bridge Over the Drina, Ivo Andric.

About this edition

• Publisher: Apollo Library
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 178497112X
• ISBN 13: 9781784971120
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544