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1 de oct. de 2022 · Originally from Sarajevo, she had been living at the same house for some fifteen years in complete seclusion, leading the life of a lonely old maid with a reputation for stinginess and eccentricity. The novel is a story of her lonely life….
- The woman from Sarajevo : Andrić, Ivo, 1892-1975 : Free ...
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- The woman from Sarajevo : Andrić, Ivo, 1892-1975 : Free ...
With brilliant economy Andrić sketches the stages through which Miss Raika hoards and increases her inheritance: Sarajevo in the era of provincial usury, the economic upheavals and disintegration of the First World War, staid Belgrade headily embarking on the jazz age when the war is over, the pinched depression years during which Miss Raika dies.
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This time it was not so easy for Raika. Andrić tells a wonderful story of an avaricious woman, cut off from virtually everyone, except her parents and the memory of her parents, after they die. All of her life is conditioned by the warning she has received from her revered and beloved father.
Books. The Woman from Sarajevo. Ivo Andrić. Calder and Boyars, 1973 - English fiction - 246 pages. Other editions - View all. ‹ ›. About the author (1973) Ivo Andric was born October 10,...
The novel is set in the cities of Sarajevo and Belgrade dyring the first three decades of this century. The places and time are not incidentally chosen. Ivo Andrić is from Bosnia and knows the people and their problems in this unique area. The theme and composition suggest a work of modern classicism.
A miserly old maid with one obsession, to make a million, Miss Radakovich starts out to avenge her ruined father's death by living in the "world of money." She husbanded capital happily in...
