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The Bridge on the Drina
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1945
- Originally in
- Originally in Serbo-croatian
- Pages
- Pages 320
A stone bridge spans a river in Ottoman Bosnia, and for four centuries the Muslims, Christians and Jews of the town beside it cross it, trade on it, are executed on it and finally watch artillery breach it as the First World War begins.
Great men die twice, once when they leave this world and a second time when their lifework disappears.
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