Danube

by Magris, Claudio

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Title Statements

Full title :Danube / Claudio Magris ; translated from the Italian by Patrick Creagh.

Summary

In this acclaimed international bestseller, Claudio Magris tracks the course of the Danube, setting his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West, of Christianity and Islam. Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopedic and whose curiosity is limitless, guides the reader along the course of the river, from its source in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Seas. In each town he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments, from Ovid and Marcus Aurelius to Kafka and Elias Canetti. The Danube is the great artery of that elusive territory known as Mitteleuropa, from which so many of the most fascinating people and ideas of European history have emerged.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.
Edition:Pbk. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

Notes

Includes index.

Translation of: Danubio.

The Physical Object

Description:416 pages : : map ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780374522452, 0374522456
oclc:ocn298442942
LC Classification:DB449.2
Dewey Decimal:949.6

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