Short stories by this author include one in which the titular character is a mild, henpecked man who on the verge of suicide, finds a new life among a community of outcasts along the Sava River, one where the protagonist is the subject of several Muslim heroic ballads who "was renowned for many battles and his fearful strength," and one in which the hatred for Jelaluddin Pasha results in a community tormenting and killing the titular creature. Besides writing "Zeko", "The Journey of Alija Derzelez", and "The Vizier's Elephant", this author wrote a novel in which the spinster Miss Raika has a single-minded greed for money which leads her to speculate in currencies during the tumultuous years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In another novel by this author, Abidaga is
Short stories by this author include one in which the titular character is a mild, henpecked man who on the verge of suicide, finds a new life among a community of outcasts along the Sava River, one where the protagonist is the subject of several Muslim heroic ballads who "was renowned for many battles and his fearful strength," and one in which the hatred for Jelaluddin Pasha results in a community tormenting and killing the titular creature. Besides writing "Zeko", "The Journey of Alija Derzelez", and "The Vizier's Elephant", this author wrote a novel in which the spinster Miss Raika has a single-minded greed for money which leads her to speculate in currencies during the tumultuous years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In another novel by this author, Abidaga is thought to have killed Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic while Radisav is killed after trying to stop the construction of the titular structure. For 10 points, identify this author whose The Woman from Sarajevo and The Bridge on the Drina are part of his Bosnian Trilogy.
Short stories by this author include one in which the titular character is a mild, henpecked man who on the verge of suicide, finds a new life among a community of outcasts along the Sava River, one where the protagonist is the subject of several Muslim heroic ballads who "was renowned for many battles and his fearful strength," and one in which the hatred for Jelaluddin Pasha results in a community tormenting and killing the titular creature.
Ivo Andric