Ivo Andríc: I listen carefully to all these discussions, both those between you two and other educated people in this town; also I read the newspapers and reviews. But the more I listen to you, the more I am convinced that the greater part of these spoken or written discussions have no connection with life at all and its real demands and problems. For life, real life, I look at from very close indeed; I see its influence on others and I feel it on myself. It may be that I am mistaken and that I do not know how to express myself well, but I often think that technical progress and the relative pe... tinyroofnail.micro.blog

@tinyroofnail I love Andrić! He writes with so many voices and his books are like crash courses in complicated history…I’ve read “Bosnian Chronicle” and “Omer Pasha Latas,” but not “Bridge on the Drina”…guess I know what’s up next!

@restlesslens Yes, exactly what you said. I’ve only read this one

@dwalbert It’s funny you mention that line. I’ve read the quote several times now, and each time I read “conservatory of the spirit” I momentarily forget that he doesn’t mean it in a good way, but more of a docetic, pie in the sky kind of way. But I do like the phrase

@tinyroofnail referring to its denizens as “hothouse flowers of the intellect” would be more obviously disparaging.