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Ivo Andrić's novel, published in 1945, is a masterpiece of world literature and winner of the Nobel Prize in 1961. Set in Višegrad, the story follows the history of the bridge over the Drina River from the 16th to the 20th centuries, built by Mehmed-paša
Late one evening, an unknown man breaks into the luxurious home of disgraced banker Harry McNamara and his wife Julie. The man brutally beats Harry while a horrified Julie watches, petrified with fear.
In her preface Mrs. Moorman modestly claims that she has not learned "many new facts about Wordsworth," but she certainly enriches the outline of his early years.
The novel is an important representative of verismo, Italian realism, and depicts the lives of people from the south of Italy, especially the conflicts between the poor peasantry and the decaying aristocracy.