Danube
A journey book that reads the history and culture of Central Europe while following the Danube. It is a substantial work that moves between essay and travel writing.
Work Information
It follows the current of the river to trace Europe’s memory.
By tracing cities and memories along the Danube, the book draws out the layered history of Mitteleuropa. Both the Italian original and an English translation are confirmed.
Book Information
- Publisher
- The Harvill Press
- Published
- 1990-06-04
- Pages
- 416 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 2.82 x 2.82 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780002720748
- ISBN-10
- 0002720744
- Price
- 3272 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Education & Reference/Writing, Research & Publishing Guides/Writing/Travel
This celebrates a river which has been at the centre of the great movements of history, the crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West, of Christendom and Islam. The reader accompanies the author along its course, 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 - philosophers, novelists, diplomats and "condottieri", patriots and politicians.
Reviews
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Sabía antes de comprar el libro que sería bastante denso y literario y lo es. Pero me gusta y es muy útil antes de hacer un viaje al lado del Danubio.
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The book arrived exactly as advertised...... at a great price. Sorry, I haven't read the 1st page yet ; other things are ahead of it.
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This is a fantastic book.
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a treaty on the impermanence of life through the story of a river. a collection of erudiction, fiction and reality.
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Il m'est Impossible d'annuler le livre Danubio livré au lieu de Danube téléchargé sur Kindle : en italien et anglais jpillebout@gmail.com
Related Literary Awards
- Franz Kafka Prize Edition 16 (2016) ・Winner