A triumphant celebration of a river that has forever been at the center of the great movements of history. With 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 austrohungary and the balkans to the black sea. Also took the trouble to prepare a slender, highly condensed portable volume of. Why claudio magriss danube is a timely elegy for lost.
As magris says of another writer, the result is that he says too little and too much at the same time. Why claudio magriss danube is a timely elegy for lost europe. In this fascinating journey through the history and culture of the danube, claudio magris, whose knowledge is encyclopedic and curiosity limitless, invites the. A sentimental journey from the source to the black. In this acclaimed international bestseller, claudio magris tracks the danube river, setting his finger on the pulse of central europe, the crucible of a culture that. This celebrates a river which has been at the centre of the great movements of history, the crucible of a culture that draws on influences of east and west, of.
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