DANUBE by Claudio Magris ( 9781784871314 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

DANUBE

By:

Claudio Magris

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1784871311

ISBN 13:

9781784871314

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Publisher:

VINTAGE PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

3 November, 2016

Pages:

432

Translated from:

Italian

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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.

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Vintage Classics

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