First published in 1945, this is Bosnian author Ivo Andric's saga of turbulent imperial forces played out through the fates of two men in a remote outpost of the Ottoman Empire.
Ivan 'Ivo' Andric (1892-1975) is the author of THE BRIDGE ON THE DRINA and other works. He was born to a Croat family in a small Bosnian town near Travnik in what was then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Michael Schmidt is the founder of Carcanet Press and the general editor of PN Review. He was until recently Professor of Poetry at the University of Glasgow. He has also been Writer in Residence at St John's College, Cambridge.
Celis Hawkesworth is Lecturer in Serbo-Croat Language and Literature at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.
Celia Hawkesworth is a renowned academic and translator of Serbo-Croat literature.