Ivo Andric (1892-1975) is still known for his
Chronicle of Travnik
, which has been compared to
War and Peace
.
But this Nobel Prize for Literature (1962), born in Bosnia before the annexation by Austria, does not have the influence in France that he has in Eastern Europe.
Before being a writer, he led a political career: revolutionary militant of the Young Bosnia organization, he was imprisoned, then became a diplomat during the creation of Yugoslavia.
In 1941, after the country was invaded by Nazi troops, he left public life and retired to his apartment in Sarajevo, devoting his life to writing.
This is where the short stories take place, which the publisher, in a nod to
The Chronicle of Travnik
, has collected under the title
The Chronicle of Belgrade
.
Did Andric intend to give a counterpart to his most famous novel?
We ignore it.
Still, these stories almost all take place in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, and evoke daily life in Belgrade under…
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