Europe, Europe: Forays into a Continent
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In this highly acclaimed and entertaining book, already “among the touchstones of the new travel writing” (Newsweek), one of West Germany’s leading authors takes us on an insider’s tour of Europe in the recent past. Focusing on Italy, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Spain, and Portugal, he describes how Europe has been moving toward a new identity.Enzensberger makes a witty and knowledgeable traveling companion, delving into surprising corners and byways—from the back alleys of Budapest to the halls of the Italian mint—and striking up conversations with everyone from bankers to revolutionaries, astrologers to apparatchiks. In the process, he suggests that Europe’s strength lies increasingly in embracing diversity and improvisation, not bigness and regimentation. He enables us to see with fresh eyes one of the most exciting parts of the world today.

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Weight 0.4057852 kg
Dimensions 1.905 × 13.97 × 21.59 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

336
Publisher

Year Published

1990-8-18
Imprint

Publication City/Country

USA
ISBN 10

0679731598
About The Author

Internationally known as a journalist, essayist, poet, translator, and dramatist, HANS MAGNUS ENZENSBERGER is the author of numerous books, several of which have appeared in the United States, including Critical Essays, Politics and Crime, The Consciousness Industry, several books of poetry, and a play, The Havana Inquiry. Born in Germany in 1929, he now lives in Munich.

"Spirited, acute, and brilliantly observant."—The New York Times"[Enzensberger is] a raconteur of mordant wit . . . a trenchant political thinker . . . a pleasure to read."—Newsweek"[Enzensberger's] piercing perception, his talent for evoking astonishing scenes and persons . . . and finally his angry loyalty to truth, make Europe, Europe a collection to which I'll resort for inspiration again and again."—The New York Review of Books
Table Of Content

Swedish Autumn • 3   Italian Extravagances • 36   Hungarian Confusions • 87   Portuguese Reveries • 133   Polish Incidents • 178   Spanish Shards • 230   Epilogue: The Seacoast of Bohemia, 2006 • 283   Afterword  • 325

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