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 draws on influences of East and West, Christianity and Islam. In each town he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments, from Ovid and Marcus Aurelius to Kafka and Canetti, in "a fascinating blend of anecdote and history" (San Francisco Examiner).
In this acclaimed international bestseller, Claudio Magris tracks the Danube River, setting his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the crucible...
Mit diesem Buch wird ein neue Genre erfunden - zwischen Roman und Essay, Tagebuch und Autobiographie, Kulturgeschichte und Reisebericht. Magris folgt auf dieser labyrinthischen Reise, einer Reise um des Reisens willen, einer Reise der Seele, den Windungen des groen Stroms von seinem Ursprung bis zu seiner Mndung. Donau ist eine Reise in den Raum und also auch eine Reise in die Zeit. Im Zentrum steht das verschwundene Mitteleuropa, das alte Habsbugerreich, in dem die Kaiserhymne in 11 Sprachen ertnte.
Mit diesem Buch wird ein neue Genre erfunden - zwischen Roman und Essay, Tagebuch und Autobiographie, Kulturgeschichte und Reisebericht. Magris folgt ...
Am Vorabend des 1. Weltkriegs schifft sich der junge Enrico Mreule nach Argentinien ein. Hinter sich lt er Grz, seine von vielen Kulturen geprgte Heimatstadt, zurck lt er vor allem aber Carlo Michelstaedter, den frhvollendeten Dichter und groen Freund, der sein Leben bestimmt und ihm die Sehnsucht nach einem Absoluten eingegeben hat, das er nicht erlangen und ohne das er nicht leben kann...
Am Vorabend des 1. Weltkriegs schifft sich der junge Enrico Mreule nach Argentinien ein. Hinter sich lt er Grz, seine von vielen Kulturen geprgte Heim...
Early this century Enrico, a young intellectual, leaves the abundantly diverse Austro-Hungarian city of Gorizia with its mixed population and culture, to spend several years living on the Patagonian pampas, alone with his ancient Greek texts, his flocks and every now and then a woman. He has been taught by his closest friend, Carlo, a philosopher/poet who commits suicide in his early twenties, to search for an authentic life, free of social falsehoods. But in his search for this unattainable goal, Enrico destroys every chance he has of a normal existence even after his return to live a life...
Early this century Enrico, a young intellectual, leaves the abundantly diverse Austro-Hungarian city of Gorizia with its mixed population and culture,...
Translated from the Italian, Magis delves into the environment of his Triestine homeland and uncovers the whole of human striving in a microcosm. The city's homes, cafes, markets and railway stations are all forums where humanity descends to transact its business, buy and sell, argue and orate, seek vengeance and do all that defines one as human.
Translated from the Italian, Magis delves into the environment of his Triestine homeland and uncovers the whole of human striving in a microcosm. The ...
From one of Europe's most revered authors, a tale of one man's obsessive project to collect the instruments of death, evil, and humanity's darkest atrocities in order to oppose them
Claudio Magris's searing new novel ruthlessly confronts the human obsession with war and its savagery in every age and every country. His tale centers on a man whose maniacal devotion to the creation of a Museum of War involves both a horrible secret and the hope of redemption. Luisa Brooks, his museum's curator, a descendant of victims of Jewish exile and of black slavery, has a complex...
From one of Europe's most revered authors, a tale of one man's obsessive project to collect the instruments of death, evil, and humanity's darkest ...
