In eleven wide arches, 250 steps long and 10 steps wide, the bridge spans over the Drina. Near Višegrad, a Bosnian town close to the Serbian border, it crosses the river. For centuries, it has been a meeting point for people from both banks and serves as both a dividing line and a link between the East and the West. In his masterpiece, Ivo Andrić unfolds a vast panorama of time from the 17th century to World War I, telling the diverse fates of the people who met there.