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Danube
by Claudio Magris
- CULTURAL PORTRAIT
- 2008
- PAPER
- 416 PAGES
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A new edition of the gifted novelist's classic account of a Danube journey from its source in the heart of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire through the Balkans to the Black Sea. It's an intellectually charged, evocative portrait of the places and personalities of Central Europe.
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- 2005
- PAPER
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Fermor effortlessly interweaves anecdote, history and culture in this exuberant account of a walk from Holland, up the Rhine and down the Danube, through Germany, Prague and Austria in 1933. Written not in the moment, but 40 years later, the accumulation of time and experience give the book particular poignancy. (CEU30, $16.95)
Between the Woods and the Water
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
- TRAVEL NARRATIVE
- 2005
- PAPER
- 320 PAGES
Fermor continues with youthful adventures in Hungary and Romania, culminating with his arrival at the Iron Gates on the Danube. (CEU31, $15.95)
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