false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170697991m/68683.jpg 68683 17 This is a very Italian book, reminiscent of Italo Calvino and Roberto Calasso. Part history, part philosophy, part travelogue, this is literature in the richest, most amply rewarding sense. Writing with tremendous exuberance, Claudio Magris has produced a paean to what Hölderlin called "the river of melody"--the Danube, Europe's main artery, and the heart of that elusive but fascinating zone known as Mitteleuropa. Magris is certainly erudite, and not afraid of displaying his erudition, but he also has a fine sense of humor and an eye for the absurd. According to one eminent sedimentologist, he tells us, the source of the Danube is a leaky tap in a remote mountain farmhouse. And of course, the one color it isn't, ever, is blue. The Hungarians call it blond, apparently. "Muddy yellow" might be more accurate, says the author. His greatest passion, however, is people: poets, singers, murderers, emperors, Dracula, Kafka, Wittgenstein , Josef Mengele--all human life is here. And it makes doubly fascinating reading for having been written back in 1986, when brutes like Ceaucescu were still in power and the Iron Curtain was still in place, though beginning to tremble slightly in the wind of history. <I>--Christopher Hart, Amazon.co.uk</I> 1492151 book 1986 Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea (Panther) total:34|5:18|4:7|3:6|2:3|1:0| 34 142 115 10 6956475 1 1 4.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255029953m/6956475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6956475-dan-bio 2 0 false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 11:04:01 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 11:08:02 -0800 2009 "Danúbio" é uma obra-prima. Claudio Magris leva-nos a viajar pela Europa, pelo curso do Danúbio desde a nascente até à sua foz, falando-nos dos espaços, das gentes e da sua cultura. Alemanhã, Aústria, Hungria, Checoslováquia, Jugoslávia, Roménia e Bulgária, no conceito Mi...more...]]> 1779139 8846204654 2 1 4.18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188199251m/1779139.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1779139.Danubio 4 1 false Wed Aug 27 09:26:44 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 27 00:20:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 27 09:26:44 -0700 2008 Yet Claudio Magris came first in romanticism.

It doesn't matter. I can easily tolerate him as a rival.
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Cram full of everything you could ever possibly want to know about central europe.

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