Neither a travel book, nor a vast prose poem, nor a history, nor philosophy, nor voyage of discovery, but often all at once - Independent on Sunday
CLAUDIO MAGRIS, scholar and critic, was born in Trieste in 1939. After graduating from the University of Turin, he lectured there in German Language and Literature from 1970 to 1978. He holds a chair in Germanic Studies in the University of Trieste, and was for a period a member of the Italian parliament. He is the author of works of literary criticism and plays and has translated works by Isben, Kleist, and Schnitzler. He won international acclaim for his remarkable study of middle Europe, Danube.
Impeccable... Magris, a guide of enormous modesty, has not only
read everything: he has been everywhere, met everybody
*Arts and Books Review*
There is so much to praise about this extraordinary book...
Irresistably enjoyable
*Literary Review*
Not simply a masterpiece of travel; it is an odyssey... A splendid
book, beautifully translated
*Independent*
A uniquely stimulating and individual portrait of the heart of
Europe
*Sunday Telegraph*
This book is full of wonder and delights...Magris writes
beautifully; he seems to have read everything. His reading has not
made just clever but wise. On almost every page there are passages
that make the heart life... Danube is a masterpiece
*John Banville*
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