Danube A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea

Name: Danube A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea
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ISBN: 9780374522452

ISBN-10: 0374522456

ISBN-13: 9780374522452

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Authors: Claudio Magris, Patrick Creagh

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In this fascinating journey through the history and culture of the Danube, Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopedic and curiosity limitless, invites the reader to accompany him along the whore course of the river, from the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. In each town he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments: Kafka and Freud; Wittgenstein and Marcus Aurelius; Lukacs, Heidegger, and Celine; Canetti and Ovid. He also encounters a host of more obscure but no less intriguing personalities -- philosophers, novelists, diplomats, and patriots -- on an odyssey that brings middle-European culture to rife in its most picturesque and…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 10/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.93" wide x 8.28" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English