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The book develops the thesis that Andrić's storytelling is actually "theater in prose" - that the novels and short stories are built according to the rules of classical and modern drama, only without stage directions.

Bašović analyzes in detail:

• "The Bridge on the Drina" as an eleven-act epic theater with the bridge as a permanent scenography and historical events as changes in light
• "The Chronicle of Travnik" as a drama in three parts with the consuls as classical antagonists and Davila as the "director"
• "The Cursed Courtyard" as a perfect five-act tragedy
• the stories "Jelena, the Woman Who Doesn't Exist", "Zeko", "Žeđ", "Most na Žepi" as monodramatic forms and "tableau vivant"

New compared to the first edition (2014) are the chapters on Andrić's unpublished plays from the manuscript legacy ("Death in Sinan's Tekke", "Gospodjica" - fragments), and the analysis of "Signs by the Wayside" as a collection of "stage miniatures".

Bašović uses contemporary theatrology (Brecht, Peter Brook, Jerzy Grotowski) and shows how Andrić anticipates the theater of the absurd and postdramatic theater. The book is rich in schemes, tables of acts, and comparisons with Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Beckett.