Originally posted by: nn027
1999 is just the last in a series of tragic episodes that my people have had. And the worst part is that it still lasts.
You are happy that you are a great, strong nation and that something like this will not happen to you. We are small, there are 7 million of us.
If you ever have the desires and will, read the book by our Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić, On the Drina Bridge. He received an award for this book.
Book has been translated into English and I believe it can be found online in pdf format.

Good morning Nado. Have a peaceful day. 🤗All babies with their soothing smiles are beautiful. ❤️
After reading your words, just now read the review ---
A vivid depiction of the suffering history has imposed upon the people of Bosnia from the late sixteenth century to the beginning of World War I, The Bridge on the Drina earned Ivo Andric the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961.
A great stone bridge built three centuries ago in the heart of the Balkans by a Grand Vezir of the Ottoman Empire dominates the setting of Andric's stunning novel. Spanning generations, nationalities, and creeds, the bridge stands witness to the countless lives played out upon it: Radisav, the workman, who tries to hinder its construction and is impaled on its highest point; to the lovely Fata, who throws herself from its parapet to escape a loveless marriage; to Milan, the gambler, who risks everything in one last game on the bridge with the devil his opponent; to Fedun, the young soldier, who pays for a moment of spring forgetfulness with his life. War finally destroys the span, and with it the last descendant of that family to which the Grand Vezir confided the care of his pious bequest - the bridge.
Definitely, I will try to read this.


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