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Poză de familie și alte povestiri
„Marile povestiri istorice nu sunt citite, în general, ca şi cum ar fi istorice. Citindu-le însă, simţi că te afli în timpul şi spaţiul lor. Cât de uimitor este, aşadar, să descoperi pe neaşteptate un maestru al genului, şi încă unul care se afla în văzul lumii de aproape şaizeci de ani: era 1961 când lvo Andric primea Premiul Nobel pentru Literatură.” (The New York Rewiew of Books)
„Povestirile lui Andric par simple, nişte fantezii distractive; însă, întocmai ca basmele bosniace, ele sunt deseori mai adevărate decât adevărul insuşi; iată cum ni se dezvăluie vasta înţelegere umană şi psihologică a autorului. 0 abordare luminoasă — si încântătoare — a unor teme serioase.”( Kirkus Rewiews)
„Deşi proza scurtă a lui lvo Andric e de factură realistă, croită din punctul de vedere al rigorii compoziţiei, al tonului naraţiunii, al perfecţiunii stilistice în maniera Occidentului artistic, aceasta este puternic impregnată de elementul Orientului ca document şi poezie.” (Isidora Sekulk)
„Povestirile lui Andric par simple, nişte fantezii distractive; însă, întocmai ca basmele bosniace, ele sunt deseori mai adevărate decât adevărul insuşi; iată cum ni se dezvăluie vasta înţelegere umană şi psihologică a autorului. 0 abordare luminoasă — si încântătoare — a unor teme serioase.”( Kirkus Rewiews)
„Deşi proza scurtă a lui lvo Andric e de factură realistă, croită din punctul de vedere al rigorii compoziţiei, al tonului naraţiunii, al perfecţiunii stilistice în maniera Occidentului artistic, aceasta este puternic impregnată de elementul Orientului ca document şi poezie.” (Isidora Sekulk)
- GenresShort Stories
249 pages, Paperback
Published March 10, 2022
About the author
Ivo Andrić
270 books1,287 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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August 10, 2022
Nu sunt familiar cu opera lui Ivo Andrić, dar acest volum a fost chiar simpatic. În (aproape) fiecare povestire, „acțiunea” (în ghilimele pentru că în multe nu se întâmplă mare lucru, farmecul stă mai mult în felul în care sunt descrise și povestite niște fapte și personaje diverse) se petrece într-un alt oraș balcanic sau european. Ai crede că datorită acestui lucru vei avea ocazia să treci prin diferite stări, prin diferite viteze la care se petrec faptele, dar nu, Andrić are talentul de a domoli tot ce se întâmplă. Reușește cumva să transmită cititorului o stare de visare, de acalmie. Indiferent ce fac personajele sau cum sunt ele, starea persistă, parcă încercând să-ți spună: uite, aceștia sunt oameni, mai asemănători sau mai diferiți decât tine, dar în principiu aproape la fel, cu probleme mărunte, cu amintiri și regrete, cu nervi și supărări, cu plictiseli, drame sau tragedii. Sunt povestiri bune de citit când vrei să lenevești, când te topește căldura și nu mai știi ce să faci, când ești liniștit și nu vrei să fii deranjat. Cam asta mi-a transmis mie volumul, deși el poate fi interpretat în diferite chei, iar povestirile nu sunt nici pe departe banale sau superficiale. Sunt foarte bine scrise. Iar când ceva e bine scris, fiecare cititor poate simți lucruri diferite.
Notă către traducătoare: poate nu este o idee tocmai strălucită să prezinți în prefață detalii despre intriga operelor importante ale autorului, indiferent cât de cunoscut este el.
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Notă către traducătoare: poate nu este o idee tocmai strălucită să prezinți în prefață detalii despre intriga operelor importante ale autorului, indiferent cât de cunoscut este el.
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