Danube

AvClaudio Magris

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Engelska, 2011

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'Neither a travel book, nor a vast prose poem, nor a history, nor philosophy, nor voyage of discovery, but often all at once' Independent on SundayWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD FLANAGANIn 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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-01-11
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781446433805
Förlag:Vintage Publishing

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Reseskildringar inom Reseguider

Mer om författaren

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 literary criticism and plays and has translated works by Isben, Kleist, and Schnitzler. He won international acclaim for his remarkable study of middle Europe, Danube.

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"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 "The finest account of Middle Europe" -- Daily Telegraph Observer

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