| #1514133 in Books | 2001-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .96 x5.01 x7.74l,.66 | File type: PDF | 416 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A Danube of The Mind|By Daniel Myers|This is a delightfully translated, rich and ornate, not so much travelogue as intellectual and literary history, of what Magris is pleased to term Mitteleuropa. Indeed, the reader looking for actual descriptions of the Danube will fine them few and far between, whereas the intellectual - capital I - reader will find a Smörgåsbord|From Publishers Weekly|More than a thoroughfare linking Europe and Asia, the Danube, for Magris, is symbol and nourisher of a hinterland, a Germanic/Magyar/Slavic/Jewish/Central European culture counterposed to northern and western Europe. As he follows the rive
In Danube the author sets his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West, of Christendom and Islam. In this journey through the history and culture of the Danube lands, Claudio Magris 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 Sea. In each town he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Danube (Panther) | Claudio Magris. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
