A German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Yugoslav partisan during World War II.

The Yugoslav break up and conflict have given rise to a considerable literature offering dramatically different interpretations of what happened. But just how do the various interpretations relate to each other? This ambitious new book by Sabrina Ramet, an eminent commentator on recent Balkan politics and history, reviews and analyses more than 130 books about the troubled region and compares their accounts, theories, and interpretations of events. Ramet surveys the major debates which divide the field, alternative accounts of the causes of Yugoslavia's violent collapse, and the scholarly debates concerning humanitarian intervention. Rival accounts are presented side by side for easy comparison. Thinking about Yugoslavia examines books on Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Kosovo which were published in English, German, Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian, and Italian, thus offering the English-speaking reader a unique insight into the controversies.

《德里纳河上的桥》这部表现形式新颖别致的小说，仅用20多万字的篇幅就概括了一个国家450年的历史。它既准确地描述了几个世纪以来维合格勒城一系列的重大历史事件，也细致地勾画出一幅幅情趣盎然的生活场景，成功地塑造了几十个不同历史时期的典型人物。
德里纳河上的桥即是作者构思的焦点，几乎成了小说主人公的化身。它在地理上连结着东方和西方，在时间上联结着过去和现在。“桥”，它更像人民苦难的目击者，好似反映波斯尼亚历史的万花筒或多棱镜，叙述着有关波斯尼亚人民的苦难和抗争的庄严史诗。