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Snapshots
A collection of brief, but intimate meditations on life and culture ranging from controversial matters to private moments
The internationally acclaimed author Claudio Magris offers a collection of brief “snapshots” reflecting on life and culture from 1999 to 2013 through his very personal lens. Some pieces portray private, intimate moments, while others offer views on public, sometimes controversial matters; the tone is sometimes serious, sometimes humorous, sometimes ironic, but always engaging. The panoramic nature of the vignettes is broad in scope, encompassing a variety of subjects rendered in quick, decisive brushstrokes. It is a little like leafing through a photo album of our times and our society while a learned companion seated beside us offers a perceptive running commentary. Magris’s wit—at times pungent, at times self‑deprecating, always keen—is refreshingly affable. A continuing adventure by the author who has reinvented “travel literature.”
The internationally acclaimed author Claudio Magris offers a collection of brief “snapshots” reflecting on life and culture from 1999 to 2013 through his very personal lens. Some pieces portray private, intimate moments, while others offer views on public, sometimes controversial matters; the tone is sometimes serious, sometimes humorous, sometimes ironic, but always engaging. The panoramic nature of the vignettes is broad in scope, encompassing a variety of subjects rendered in quick, decisive brushstrokes. It is a little like leafing through a photo album of our times and our society while a learned companion seated beside us offers a perceptive running commentary. Magris’s wit—at times pungent, at times self‑deprecating, always keen—is refreshingly affable. A continuing adventure by the author who has reinvented “travel literature.”
152 pages, Paperback
First published October 13, 2016
About the author
Claudio Magris
195 books255 followersClaudio Magris was born in Trieste in the year 1939. He graduated from the University of Turin, where he studied German studies, and has been a professor of modern German literature at the University of Trieste since 1978.
His most well known book is Danubio (1986), which is a magnum opus. In this book Magris tracks the course of the Danube from its sources to the sea. The whole trip evolves into a colorful, rich canvas of the multicultural European history.
He's translated the works of Ibsen, Kleist and Schnitzler, among others, and he also published essays about Robert Musil, Jorge Luis Borges, Hermann Hesse and many others.
His most well known book is Danubio (1986), which is a magnum opus. In this book Magris tracks the course of the Danube from its sources to the sea. The whole trip evolves into a colorful, rich canvas of the multicultural European history.
He's translated the works of Ibsen, Kleist and Schnitzler, among others, and he also published essays about Robert Musil, Jorge Luis Borges, Hermann Hesse and many others.
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September 15, 2020
Parece que le sobraron a Magris unos cuantos artículos de su obra"Microcosmos"y decidieron lanzar una obra de escasas páginas.
A las editoriales no hay que perdonarles estas jugarretas.
A las editoriales no hay que perdonarles estas jugarretas.
October 17, 2024
«Morir forma parte de los obvios riesgos del oficio de vivir»
No conocía a este autor hasta que leí Verde agua de Marisa Madieri, su mujer, un bellísimo prefacio, me dije, tengo que leerle, sí o sí. Admirada me ha dejado su estilo, como nos coloca en el abismo, como nos hace pensar, como utiliza el humor para dejarnos el poso. Es brillante.
«La muerte no debería de ser de tan poco fiar»
Relatos cortos de instantáneas corrientes, el comportamiento humano descrito con humor y perspicacia. Un descubrimiento de autor que no dejaré pasar.
Muy, muy recomendable.
No conocía a este autor hasta que leí Verde agua de Marisa Madieri, su mujer, un bellísimo prefacio, me dije, tengo que leerle, sí o sí. Admirada me ha dejado su estilo, como nos coloca en el abismo, como nos hace pensar, como utiliza el humor para dejarnos el poso. Es brillante.
«La muerte no debería de ser de tan poco fiar»
Relatos cortos de instantáneas corrientes, el comportamiento humano descrito con humor y perspicacia. Un descubrimiento de autor que no dejaré pasar.
Muy, muy recomendable.
October 20, 2024
La genialidad de Magris vertida en estas estampas de observación. La vida transita en estas páginas, a partir de la mirada peculiar y la capacidad literaria del autor italiana.
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