Journeys | Jody Ferguson Blog

Two works of fiction that I read this summer were “Bridge on the Drina” by Ivo Andrić , and “The Walnut Mansion” by Miljenko Jergović. Both works focus on families or places over long periods of time; in the case of the former a town called Višegrad in Bosnia, and the case of the latter the beautiful city of Dubrovnik in Croatia.

Dalmatia is littered with Roman ruins (including one of the world’s largest Roman colosseums), Italian churches, Medieval walled