![]() Magris’s Danube does not have one single identity, but many, that emerge depending on the cultural and ideological vantage point one chooses. The Trieste born academic maintains a philosophical analysis without burdening the reader with his own convictions he remains respectful of Central Europe’s diversity, creating a vivid piece of prose that seamlessly passes through the domains of philosophy, semantics, politics, sociology and history. This is not the story of the journey itself, but rather the Danube as the life blood of Europe, "a river of melody," witness to the cycles of Central European civilisation - the rise and fall of empires as well as the subsequent reorganizations into the new. Magris, scholar at the University of Trieste’s faculty of Literature and Philosophy, wrote of his journey down the Danube, from its source in the German Schwarzwald to its final delta in Romania. Claudio Magris’s Danube leans in this direction, but with an alluring brilliance that makes him a pleasing exception. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not all writers can handle an omniscient voice, producing rather pages loaded with philosophical digressions, as if they had a monopoly on emotion and insight. ![]()
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