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Danube

4.23 ( 226 Ratings by Goodreads)
Danube

Danube

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4.23 (226 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 18 January, 2001
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In this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopaedic and whose curiosity limitless, guides his reader from the river's source 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 and Marcus Aurelius 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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Type Book
ISBN13 9781860468230
ISBN10 1860468233
Number Of Pages 416
Item Weight 199 g
Product Dimensions 128 x 30 x 196 mm
Publisher / Reseller Vintage
Format paperback
Edition New edition
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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 *
Not simply a masterpiece of travel; it is an odyssey... A splendid book, beautifully translated * Independent *
A uniquely stimulating and individual portrait of the heart of Europe -- Colin Thubron * Sunday Telegraph *
This book is full of wonder and delights...Magris writes beautifully; he seems to have read everything. His reading has not made just clever but wise. On almost every page there are passages that make the heart life... Danube is a masterpiece -- John Banville

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Author's Bio

Claudio Magris, born in 1939, is an Italian scholar, translator and writer. He is a graduate of the University of Turin, where he studied Germanistics, and has been professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Trieste since 1978. He is an essayist and columnist for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and for other European journals and newspapers. Professor Magris is a member of several European academies and served as senator in the Italian Senate from 1994 to 1996. His novels include Danube, A Different Sea and Microcosms. Magris won the Strega Prize in 1998 for Danube. He was also awarded the Erasmus prize 2001 and a Prince of Asturias Awards for Literature in 2004. On 31 July 2006 Austria awarded its annual state prize for European literature to Magris.

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