Danube
Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea
Book • 1989
Claudio Magris traces the Danube from its disputed source through Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Balkans, and beyond, using towns and landmarks as springboards for ruminations on European history, philosophy, literature, and politics.
Encounters with figures like Heidegger, Kafka, Freud, and Lukács illuminate themes of multiculturalism, nationalism, the Holocaust, and the fragile spirit of Mitteleuropa.
Written before the fall of Communism, the book captures a vanishing world of cultural ambiguity and imperial legacies.
Encounters with figures like Heidegger, Kafka, Freud, and Lukács illuminate themes of multiculturalism, nationalism, the Holocaust, and the fragile spirit of Mitteleuropa.
Written before the fall of Communism, the book captures a vanishing world of cultural ambiguity and imperial legacies.
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