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An outstanding essay on the identity and history of Europe, and at the same time a monograph on one of the most important rivers of the old continent
The Danube. A river that belongs to many nations, cultures, languages and traditions becomes, in Magris's work, a metaphor for the complex, multilayered identity of the modern European.
The writer travels the river from its source to its mouth, that is, from Germany to Romania, but his account is not merely a travel diary. Magris makes masterly use of the essay, reportage and literary sketch, and in effect creates a distinct genre from them. The places he visits are a pretext for telling the history of those corners of Europe, but above all they prompt the author to reflect on a lost Atlantis, that Mitteleuropa capable of uniting diverse cultural elements of West and East into a new, coherent whole.
If a book can be written at all in the way a river flows, then Magris has fully achieved it. Unhurried, digressive, erudite. A masterpiece.
Claudio Magris (b. 1939) is one of the most distinguished Italian novelists, essayists, literary critics and translators, with a significant influence on European culture. He is a professor of German studies at the University of Trieste and writes articles for "Corriere della Sera" and other European newspapers. His books have been translated into 20 languages. He has received the most important European awards, including the Premio Strega, the Erasmus Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award and the Friedenspreis.