U požaru svetova

The title of the book In the Fire of the Worlds is a paraphrase of a sentence from Andrić's story "The Woman on the Stone" because, according to the author of this book, it best illustrates Andrić's political life: "To burn up without a trace, to lose oneself in the general fire of the worlds like fire in fire." In several hundred pages, Martens describes in detail, and based on a thorough knowledge of Andrić's work, correspondence, archival materials and the literature used, Andrić's life from his birth in Bosnia, through the Sarajevo assassination and diplomatic service in Berlin, to life in Belgrade under occupation, when he wrote the works that would bring him world fame, and Andrić's joining the new government after liberation is a particularly intriguing part of this exhaustive and reliable biographical study.