Summary
Žaneta Đukić Perišić: Ivo Andrić: The Writer and the Tale
"The Writer and the Tale" is one of those thick works that I consult again and again after reading them for the first time. An exciting book, written in an accessible style, yet an almost inexhaustible source of material. Lifework. Professor Robert Hodel, University of Hamburg This book synthesizes the works of several generations of Ivo Andrić's biographers and enriches them with Žaneta Đukić Perišić's own discoveries, thus setting a standard that will be difficult to surpass. The author reads the entirety of Andrić's works from the perspective of his biography and offers many innovative, rich and convincing interpretations. Illuminating both Andrić's life and his work, the book Đukić Perišić achieves a completeness rarely found in other studies: if you want to read only one book about Ivo Andrić, this is the one you should read. Professor Zoran Milutinović, University College London The writer and the story has all the characteristics of a good biography: an exceptional but not pretentious style, a balanced historical background, a skillfully presented psychological portrait of Ivo Andrić and subtle interpretations of his entire work. Guided by the author's masterful hand, the reader is invited on an exciting journey that leads to the ultimate question of the rise of genius. Professor Gorana Raičević, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad
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