Danube - Couverture souple

Magris, Claudio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1860468233 ISBN 13 : 9781860468230

Editeur : The Harvill Press, 2001

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Claudio Magris, born in 1939, is an Italian scholar, translator and writer. He is a graduate of the University of Turin, where he studied Germanistics, and has been professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Trieste since 1978. He is an essayist and columnist for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and for other European journals and newspapers. Professor Magris is a member of several European academies and served as senator in the Italian Senate from 1994 to 1996.

His novels include Danube, A Different Sea and Microcosms. Magris won the Strega Prize in 1998 for Danube. He was also awarded the Erasmus prize 2001 and a Prince of Asturias Awards for Literature in 2004. On 31 July 2006 Austria awarded its annual state prize for European literature to Magris.

Revue de presse :

"Impeccable... Magris, a guide of enormous modesty, has not only read everything: he has been everywhere, met everybody" (Nicholas Shakespeare Arts and Books Review)

"There is so much to praise about this extraordinary book... Irresistably enjoyable" (Mark Thompson Literary Review)

"Not simply a masterpiece of travel; it is an odyssey... A splendid book, beautifully translated" (Independent)

"A uniquely stimulating and individual portrait of the heart of Europe" (Colin Thubron Sunday Telegraph)

"This book is full of wonder and delights...Magris writes beautifully; he seems to have read everything. His reading has not made just clever but wise. On almost every page there are passages that make the heart life... Danube is a masterpiece" (John Banville)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Harvill Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1860468233
• ISBN 13: 9781860468230
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416