The Danube

A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest

Nick J. Thorpe (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2014
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-18165-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Nick Thorpe is East and Central European Correspondent for the BBC, a journalist, and a filmmaker. He lives in Budapest.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.1.2014
Zusatzinfo	24 black-&-white illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Europa
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-300-18165-5 / 0300181655
ISBN-13	978-0-300-18165-4 / 9780300181654
Zustand	Neuware