Omer Pasha Latas: Marshal to the Sultan

Synopsis

A sweeping epic by nobel prize-winner ivo andric about power, identity, and islam set in 19th-century ottoman bosnia and istanbul. Omer pasha latas is set in nineteenth-century sarajevo, where muslims and christians live in uneasy proximity while entertaining a common resentment of faraway ottoman rule. Omer is the seraskier, commander in chief of the sultan's armies, and as the book begins he arrives from istanbul, dispatched to bring sarajevo's landowners to heel, a task that he accomplishes with his usual ferocity and efficiency.