The Nobel Prize winner and great writer Ivo Andric is discovered as a poet in this book, showcasing his versatility. His observations are quiet and subtle, accompanying his life with images of nostalgia and longing. Love songs that evoke the porous Balkan rocks and cliffs, reflecting doubts and the ever-recurrent question: Who am I, where am I going, and why do I constantly seek the way across the bridge? This volume presents early works of poetry and prose by Andric, written during his imprisonment in Maribor and during his exile in the Bosnian province, bearing strong autobiographical traits. The central theme is the cycle Ex ponto, the first poem of which states: Numerous are the different pains that people suffer in this world, where one with a more beautiful soul...