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Snapshots

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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.”

152 pages, Paperback

First published October 13, 2016

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Claudio Magris

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Claudio 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.

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189 reviews290 followers
August 5, 2023
Magris jest rewelacyjnym obserwatorem rzeczywistości. Wrażliwym, ale i wspaniale ironicznym, o ciętym języku (a bez tego nic nie smakuje). Punktuje celnie. Niebywale dużo w tych esejach treści, czytałam je drugi raz i myślę, że kiedyś przeczytam je ponownie, a nie jest to moją częstą praktyką.
Nic tych tekstów nie łączy (tematycznie) poza tytułową migawkowością, chwilowością, która jednak daje się pięknie rozsmarować na szerszą i bardziej uniwersalną refleksję.
Polecam na poranki i "jak powiada Don Kichot, niech każdy rozliczy się w własnym grzechem".



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52 reviews3 followers
January 12, 2020
Spostrzeżenia, notatki, zapisy scen z dnia codziennego. Nieco nierówne, o różnym ciężarze gatunkowym. Czasem lekkie i błyskotliwe, czasem, niestety, napuszone, zbyt pretensjonalne i ciężkawe.
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February 11, 2026
Trudno zgadzać mi się z każdą opinią Magrisa, mamy trochę inne poglądy, acz swoje przedstawia w taki sposób, że umiem brać je pod uwagę.
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