Danube [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Magris, Claudio

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1860468233 ISBN 13: 9781860468230

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2001

Riassunto

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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Recensione:

"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)

"Impeccable... Magris, a guide of enormous modesty, has not only read everything: he has been everywhere, met everybody"

"There is so much to praise about this extraordinary book... Irresistably enjoyable"

"Not simply a masterpiece of travel; it is an odyssey... A splendid book, beautifully translated"

"A uniquely stimulating and individual portrait of the heart of Europe"

"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"

Descrizione del libro:

‘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 Sunday

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1860468233
• ISBN 13: 9781860468230
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416