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Danube
Claudio Magris
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Description for Danube
Paperback. Guides the reader from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way, the author raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments and in so doing sets his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the vital crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVW; HBJD; JFCX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 296 x 31. Weight in Grams: 338.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD FLANAGAN In this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopaedic and whose curiosity limitless, guides his reader from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments - from Ovid to Kafka and Canetti - and in so doing sets his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the vital crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West, of Christendom and Islam.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD FLANAGAN In this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopaedic and whose curiosity limitless, guides his reader from the source of the Danube in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments - from Ovid to Kafka and Canetti - and in so doing sets his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the vital crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West, of Christendom and Islam.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784871314
SKU
V9781784871314
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About Claudio Magris
CLAUDIO MAGRIS, scholar and critic, was born in Trieste in 1939. After graduating from the University of Turin, he lectured there in German Language and Literature from 1970 to 1978. He holds a chair in Germanic Studies in the University of Trieste, and was for a period a member of the Italian parliament. He is the author of works of ... Read more
Reviews for Danube
Impeccable... Magris, a guide of enormous modesty, has not only read everything: he has been everywhere, met everybody
Nicholas Shakespeare
Arts and Books Review
There is so much to praise about this extraordinary book... Irresistably enjoyable
Mark Thompson
Literary Review
Not simply a masterpiece of travel; it is an odyssey... ... Read more
Nicholas Shakespeare
Arts and Books Review
There is so much to praise about this extraordinary book... Irresistably enjoyable
Mark Thompson
Literary Review
Not simply a masterpiece of travel; it is an odyssey... ... Read more