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Claudio Magris

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Snapshots

Claudio Magris
Translated by: Anne Milano Appel

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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The Margellos World Republic of Letters

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A collection of brief, but intimate meditations on life and culture ranging from controversial matters to private moments

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Claudio Magris, celebrated scholar, was professor of Germanic studies at the universities of Torino and Trieste. He is the internationally acclaimed author of Danube and Microcosms and winner of the Premio Strega (1997), Praemium Erasmianum (2001), Premio Principe de Asturias (2004), Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (2009), and Kafka Prize (2016). His recent works include Blameless and Journeying. Anne Milano Appel is an award-winning translator from the Italian who has translated works by Claudio Magris, Paolo Giordano, Primo Levi, and Giovanni Arpino.

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CONTENTS
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The Dove and the Two-Headed Eagle
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The Innkeeper and His War
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Unreliable Death
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Thirteenthousandeighthundredseventynine Evenings
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At the Castelli Gallery
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Be With or Go With?
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(Open?) Couple at the Conference
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Forget Colors
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Sacred and Profane
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Losing Your Marbles
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A Crowd for No One
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Group Portrait with Sleeping Jurist
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We’ll Talk
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The Bankers and the Devil
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Orphaned Embryos
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An Overturned Head of Medusa
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The Scourge of the 800 Number
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Benefits for Polygamists and Taxes on Bachelors
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Let the Little Children Come unto Me
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Pissing Against the Wind and Contra Legem
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The Menu of the Revolution
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On the Rocky Beach
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A New Writer: The Censor
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The Wall Will Last for Years . . .
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Limping Verses from the Hereafter
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The Stray and a Model
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At the Seashore
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The Place Where the Heart Is Silent
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On the Tracks
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The Sacred Hours
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A Rose of the Blessed
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The Devil’s Dung
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The Beautiful Summer
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Writing, Entry Prohibited
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Down with the Poor
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The Right Word in the Wrong Mouth
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Sea Lion
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Jens’s Gravestone
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Mute Scenes of a Marriage
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Everything’s All Right
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At the Window
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Frecciabianca
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Graffiti
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Advertising, a Long, Tedious Sermon
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The Rocky Beach of the Famous
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The Sin of Acrimony
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Untranslatable
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Selfie
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Translator’s Notes
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February 26, 2019

eBook ISBN:

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https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300245226

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About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

The Dove and the Two-Headed Eagle

The Innkeeper and His War

Unreliable Death

Thirteenthousandeighthundredseventynine Evenings

At the Castelli Gallery

Be With or Go With?

(Open?) Couple at the Conference

Forget Colors

Sacred and Profane

Losing Your Marbles

A Crowd for No One

Group Portrait with Sleeping Jurist

We’ll Talk

The Bankers and the Devil

Orphaned Embryos

An Overturned Head of Medusa

The Scourge of the 800 Number

Benefits for Polygamists and Taxes on Bachelors

Let the Little Children Come unto Me

Pissing Against the Wind and Contra Legem

The Menu of the Revolution

On the Rocky Beach

A New Writer: The Censor

The Wall Will Last for Years . . .

Limping Verses from the Hereafter

The Stray and a Model

At the Seashore

The Place Where the Heart Is Silent

On the Tracks

The Sacred Hours

A Rose of the Blessed

The Devil’s Dung

The Beautiful Summer

Writing, Entry Prohibited

Down with the Poor

The Right Word in the Wrong Mouth

Sea Lion

Jens’s Gravestone

Mute Scenes of a Marriage

Everything’s All Right

At the Window

Frecciabianca

Graffiti

Advertising, a Long, Tedious Sermon

The Rocky Beach of the Famous

The Sin of Acrimony

Untranslatable

Selfie

Translator’s Notes

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