Danube Author:Claudio Magris In this fascinating journey German author Magris, guides his reader from the river's source in the Bavarian hills through Austro-Hungary and the Balkans to the Black Sea. Along the way he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments - from Ovid and Marcus Aurelius to Kafka and Canetti - and in so doing sets his finger on the pulse... more » of Central Europe, the vital crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West, of Christendom and Islam.« less