Insightful analysis into the non-literary, personal life of the Yugoslavian Nobel Laureate for Literature (1961), Ivo Andric. Through an examination of Andric’s early novel, Ex Ponto, and two short stories, Put Alije Derzeleze and Corkan i Svabica, the author reveals how Andric’s prose vision of life and existence are a reflection of the artist’s experiences as a youth. The first book on Andric in English.