Microcosms
Author(s): Claudio Magris
In the tiny borderlands of Istria and Italy, from the forests of Monte Nevoso, to the hidden valleys of the Tyrol, to a Trieste cafe, Microcosms pieces together a mosaic of stories - comic, tragic, picaresque, nostalgic - from life's minor characters. Their worlds might be small, but they are far from minimalist: in them flashes the great, the meaningful, the unrepeatable significance of every existence.
General Information
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- : Vintage Publishing
- : Vintage Classics
- : 0.368
- : 01 January 2017
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 January 2017
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Claudio Magris
- : Paperback
- : 117
- : 945.3931
- : 288
- : WTL
More About The Product
CLAUDIO MAGRIS, scholar and critic, was born in Trieste in 1939. After graduating from the University of Turin, he lectured there in German Language and Literature from 1970 to 1978. He holds a chair in Germanic Studies in the University of Trieste, and was for a period a member of the Italian parliament. He is the author of works of literary criticism and plays and has translated works by Isben, Kleist, and Schnitzler. He won international acclaim for his remarkable study of middle Europe, Danube. His novel, A Different Sea is also published by Harvill.