Danube

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.

Product details

• Authors: Claudio Magris
• Assisted by: Patrick Creagh (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.01.2001
• EAN: 9781860468230
• ISBN: 978-1-86046-823-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 25 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)