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Το σπίτι στην άκρη της πόλης
Στα κείμενα που περιέχονται στην έκδοση αυτή, περιλαμβάνεται και το διήγημα που δίνει και τον τίτλο του βιβλίου, διήγημα που θα μπορούσε να χαρακτηριστεί ως το «κύκνειο άσμα» του συγγραφέα, αφού δημοσιεύτηκε μετά το θάνατό του. Χωρίς την έντονη παρουσία της Ιστορίας που διακρίνει τα περισσότερα έργα του μεγάλου νομπελίστα συγγραφέα, τα διηγήματα αυτής της συλλογής ξεχωρίζουν για την ευαισθησία τους και την έκδηλη συμπάθεια του Άντριτς προς τον άνθρωπο. Όπως άλλωστε παρατηρούσε ο διάσημος Αυστριακός συγγραφέας Πέτερ Χάντκε «όλοι θα έπρεπε να έχουν διαβάσει τον Ίβο Άντριτς. Είναι ένας μεγάλος συγγραφέας, μεγαλύτερος από τον Τόμας Μαν, γιατί την αφήγησή του υπαγορεύει το έλεος για τον άνθρωπο και ο καλλιτεχνικός ρυθμός, ενώ το έργο του Τόμας Μαν είναι μόνο καλλιτεχνικός ρυθμός».
312 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2005
About the author
Ivo Andrić
270 books1,285 followersIvo Andrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иво Андрић; born Ivan Andrić) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule.
Born in Travnik in Austria-Hungary, modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Andrić attended high school in Sarajevo, where he became an active member of several South Slav national youth organizations. Following the assassination of Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Andrić was arrested and imprisoned by the Austro-Hungarian police, who suspected his involvement in the plot. As the authorities were unable to build a strong case against him, he spent much of the war under house arrest, only being released following a general amnesty for such cases in July 1917. After the war, he studied South Slavic history and literature at universities in Zagreb and Graz, eventually attaining his PhD. in Graz in 1924. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1924 to 1941. In 1939, he became Yugoslavia's ambassador to Germany, but his tenure ended in April 1941 with the German-led invasion of his country. Shortly after the invasion, Andrić returned to German-occupied Belgrade. He lived quietly in a friend's apartment for the duration of World War II, in conditions likened by some biographers to house arrest, and wrote some of his most important works, including Na Drini ćuprija (The Bridge on the Drina).
Following the war, Andrić was named to a number of ceremonial posts in Yugoslavia, which had since come under communist rule. In 1961, the Nobel Committee awarded him the Nobel Prize in Literature, selecting him over writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Frost, John Steinbeck and E.M. Forster. The Committee cited "the epic force with which he ... traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from his country's history". Afterwards, Andrić's works found an international audience and were translated into a number of languages. In subsequent years, he received a number of awards in his native country. Andrić's health declined substantially in late 1974 and he died in Belgrade the following March.
In the years following Andrić's death, the Belgrade apartment where he spent much of World War II was converted into a museum and a nearby street corner was named in his honour. A number of other cities in the former Yugoslavia also have streets bearing his name. In 2012, filmmaker Emir Kusturica began construction of an ethno-town in eastern Bosnia that is named after Andrić. As Yugoslavia's only Nobel Prize-winning writer, Andrić was well known and respected in his native country during his lifetime. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, beginning in the 1950s and continuing past the breakup of Yugoslavia, his works have been disparaged by Bosniak literary critics for their supposed anti-Muslim bias. In Croatia, his works had occasionally been blacklisted following Yugoslavia's dissolution in the 1990s, but were rehabilitated by the literary community. He is highly regarded in Serbia for his contributions to Serbian literature.
Born in Travnik in Austria-Hungary, modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Andrić attended high school in Sarajevo, where he became an active member of several South Slav national youth organizations. Following the assassination of Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Andrić was arrested and imprisoned by the Austro-Hungarian police, who suspected his involvement in the plot. As the authorities were unable to build a strong case against him, he spent much of the war under house arrest, only being released following a general amnesty for such cases in July 1917. After the war, he studied South Slavic history and literature at universities in Zagreb and Graz, eventually attaining his PhD. in Graz in 1924. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1924 to 1941. In 1939, he became Yugoslavia's ambassador to Germany, but his tenure ended in April 1941 with the German-led invasion of his country. Shortly after the invasion, Andrić returned to German-occupied Belgrade. He lived quietly in a friend's apartment for the duration of World War II, in conditions likened by some biographers to house arrest, and wrote some of his most important works, including Na Drini ćuprija (The Bridge on the Drina).
Following the war, Andrić was named to a number of ceremonial posts in Yugoslavia, which had since come under communist rule. In 1961, the Nobel Committee awarded him the Nobel Prize in Literature, selecting him over writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Frost, John Steinbeck and E.M. Forster. The Committee cited "the epic force with which he ... traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from his country's history". Afterwards, Andrić's works found an international audience and were translated into a number of languages. In subsequent years, he received a number of awards in his native country. Andrić's health declined substantially in late 1974 and he died in Belgrade the following March.
In the years following Andrić's death, the Belgrade apartment where he spent much of World War II was converted into a museum and a nearby street corner was named in his honour. A number of other cities in the former Yugoslavia also have streets bearing his name. In 2012, filmmaker Emir Kusturica began construction of an ethno-town in eastern Bosnia that is named after Andrić. As Yugoslavia's only Nobel Prize-winning writer, Andrić was well known and respected in his native country during his lifetime. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, beginning in the 1950s and continuing past the breakup of Yugoslavia, his works have been disparaged by Bosniak literary critics for their supposed anti-Muslim bias. In Croatia, his works had occasionally been blacklisted following Yugoslavia's dissolution in the 1990s, but were rehabilitated by the literary community. He is highly regarded in Serbia for his contributions to Serbian literature.
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"Τον έναστρο ουρανό και το πρόσωπο του ανθρώπου ποτέ δεν τα χορταίνεις. Βλέπεις και βλέπεις,
κι όλα τα 'χεις δει κι όλα σου είναι άγνωστα"
"Η ημέρα είναι μονάχα λευκό χαρτί, όπου όλα σημειώνονται πρόχειρα και μεταγράφονται ενώ ο λογαριασμός πληρώνεται τη νύχτα, στα απέραντα, καυτά και σκοτεινά πεδία της ξαγρύπνιας"
"Ένα θαυμαστό όνειρο θα ήταν από δω και πέρα το περιεχόμενο και το νόημα της ζωής και μοναδικοί κανόνες της η ομορφιά και η τόλμη"
"Όλα τούτα, δηλαδή, είναι μόνο λαμπερά, πρόσκαιρα κι αμφίβολα οράματα που θαμπώνουν και κυριεύουν το νου μας για να μας εγκαταλείψουν το ίδιο γρήγορα κι απρόσμενα;"
κι όλα τα 'χεις δει κι όλα σου είναι άγνωστα"
"Η ημέρα είναι μονάχα λευκό χαρτί, όπου όλα σημειώνονται πρόχειρα και μεταγράφονται ενώ ο λογαριασμός πληρώνεται τη νύχτα, στα απέραντα, καυτά και σκοτεινά πεδία της ξαγρύπνιας"
"Ένα θαυμαστό όνειρο θα ήταν από δω και πέρα το περιεχόμενο και το νόημα της ζωής και μοναδικοί κανόνες της η ομορφιά και η τόλμη"
"Όλα τούτα, δηλαδή, είναι μόνο λαμπερά, πρόσκαιρα κι αμφίβολα οράματα που θαμπώνουν και κυριεύουν το νου μας για να μας εγκαταλείψουν το ίδιο γρήγορα κι απρόσμενα;"
April 27, 2025
Πρόκειται για μια σειρά διηγημάτων που επικεντρώνονται στο άνθρωπο και τη δαιδαλώδη ψυχολογία του. Στα περισσότερα από αυτά δεν υπάρχει κάποια συγκεκριμένη υπόθεση ή σενάριο κάτι που ίσως κουράζει και μάλλον δυσκολεύει τον αναγνώστη όμως η γραφή είναι τόσο όμορφη, σχεδόν λυρική με μία δόση εύπεπτου φιλοσοφικού στοχασμού που τελικά σε κερδίζει. Υπάρχουν ιστορίες για τον αλκοολισμό, τη σκλαβιά, τη μοιχεία, το βιασμό, την αγάπη και τη ζήλεια, την κατάθλιψη, την αυτοκτονία, την παιδική αθωότητα, τη ματαιοδοξία. Κορυφαίες όλων για μένα είναι «η Ζούγια», «το Πανόραμα» και η «γυναίκα πάνω σε πέτρα».
April 20, 2025
Ακατάσχετη αφηγηματική φλυαρία, στα όρια του γραπτού κουτσομπολιού (αυτό είναι που στο οπισθόφυλλο αναφέρεται ως "τα διηγήματα αυτής της συλλογής ξεχωρίζουν για την ευαισθησία τους και την έκδηλη συμπάθεια του Άντριτς προς τον άνθρωπο"). Εξαιρετικά βαρετό. Το ότι ο συγγραφέας ήταν νομπελίστας δεν κάνει αυτό το ανούσιο έργο περισσότερο ενδιαφέρον. Ίσως αρέσει (;) σε κάποιους που είναι εκ φύσεως κουτσομπόληδες, "κοινωνικοί ηδονοβλεψίες" όπως τους λέω εγώ και έχουν και κάποιο ενδιαφέρον για την περιοχή και την περίοδο όπου διαδραματίζονται τα περιγραφόμενα.
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