Nick Thorpe, “Die Donau” / “The Danube”
Uz “Dunav” Pavla Pavličića i Claudia Magrisa skrećemo pozornost na istoimenu knjigu novinara Nicka Thorpea (engleski izvornik 2013, njemački prijevod 2017). Nadamo se da će Podružnica za povijest Slavonije, Srijema i Baranje Hrvatskog instituta za povijest nakon zbornika “Rijeka Sava u povijesti” realizirati primjerice i zbornik o Dunavu te time dodatno aktualizirati govor o toj rijeci u hrvatskoj historiografiji i kulturi.
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Nick Thorpe
The Danube
A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest
Yale University Press
Publication date: 15 Nov 2013
About this book
The author takes us on an unexpected journey up the Danube, where we encounter a remarkable and unfamiliar world
The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, and Germany. Travelling its full length from east to west, against the river’s flow, Nick Thorpe embarks on an inspiring year-long journey that leads to a new perspective on Europe today. Thorpe’s account is personal, conversational, funny, immediate, and uniquely observant—everything a reader expects in the best travel writing.
Immersing himself in the Danube’s waters during daily morning swims, Thorpe likewise becomes immersed in the histories of the lands linked by the river. He observes the river’s ecological conditions, some discouraging and others hopeful, and encounters archaeological remains that whisper of human communities sustained by the river over eight millennia. Most fascinating of all are the ordinary and extraordinary people along the way—the ferrymen and fishermen, workers in the fields, shopkeepers, beekeepers, waitresses, smugglers and border policemen, legal and illegal immigrants, and many more. For readers who anticipate their own journeys on the Danube, as well as those who only dream of seeing the great river, this book will be a unique and treasured guide.
About the author
Nick Thorpe is East and Central European Correspondent for the BBC, a journalist, and a filmmaker. He lives in Budapest.
Reviews
“A review can’t encompass the majestic canvas of Thorpe’s book. Wise, thoughtful, unprejudiced and consistently absorbing, it is also beautifully written.”—Miranda Seymour, Literary Review
“In this leisurely amalgam of travelogue and history, Nick Thorpe . . . has done the Danube and its ancient people proud.”—Ian Thomson, Sunday Telegraph
“Thorpe is a keen conversationalist who lets the multiple voices of riparian communities emerge on their own. The writing is graceful and the descriptions of landscape and, especially, birds are at times magnificent.”—Charles King, Times Literary Supplement
http://yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?k=9780300181654
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Nick Thorpe
Die Donau
Eine Reise gegen den Strom
übersetzt von Brigitte Hilzensauer
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.08.2017
384 Seiten
Zsolnay
„Die Donau“ ist „eine lebendige Mischung aus Geographie, Mythen, Naturgeschichte und dem Leben der Menschen.“ (The Guardian)
Vom Schwarzen Meer bis zum Schwarzwald: Anders als berühmte Donau-Reisende vor ihm nimmt der britische Journalist und Filmemacher Thorpe den umgekehrten Weg und nähert sich von der Mündung aufwärts zu Fuß, mit dem Fahrrad, Boot, Zug, manchmal auch mit dem Auto der Quelle des fast dreitausend Kilometer langen Stromes in Deutschland. Auf dem Balkan, stellt Thorpe gleich anfangs fest, entwickelten sich zivilisierte Kulturen lange vor dem Westen. Und so verwebt er auf seiner Reise prägnant das Einstige mit der Gegenwart und schafft es, unterschiedlichsten Menschen – von Schiffern bis zu Mönchen, von Wissenschaftlern bis zu Roma-Mädchen – wunderbare Geschichten zu entlocken und Europa und seine Kulturgeschichte neu zu entdecken.
https://www.hanser-literaturverlage.de/buch/die-donau/978-3-552-05861-3/