European Vistas

Claudio Magris is one of Italy’s – and Europe’s – most renowned thinkers and writers. He is considered an authority on central European literature and culture and is frequently interviewed about his hometown Trieste, the region called Mitteleuropa and the European Union. But what makes Magris such a relevant figure on the European literary scene? European Vistas aims to answer this question by analysing the three most central elements in Magris’ novels – history, ethics and identity – in relatio