num_pages: 288
description: In his acclaimed work Danube, Claudio Magris painted a vast canvas stretching from the source of the river to the Black Sea. Now he focuses on the tiny borderlands of Istria and Italy where he was born and where he has lived most intensely. From the forests of Monte Nevoso, to the hidden valleys of the Tyrol, to a Trieste café, Microcosms pieces together a mosaic of stories - comic, tragic, picaresque, nostalgic - from life's minor characters. Their worlds might be small, but they are far from minimalist: in them flashes the great, the meaningful, the unrepeatable significance of every existence.Microcosms won the Strega Prize in 1997.
language: English
title: Microcosms
titlecomplete: Microcosms
genres: Essays, Travel, Literature, Italian Literature, Cities, European Literature, Italy, Nonfiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 419
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Premio Strega, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Leipzig Book Award
category: European Understanding
publisher: Harvill Pr