Europe Europe: Forays into a Continent

In this highly acclaimed and entertaining book already among the touchstones of the new travel writing (Newsweek) one of West Germanys leading authors takes us on an insiders tour of Europe in the recent past. Focusing on Italy Poland Hungary Sweden Spain and Portugal he describes how Europe has been moving toward a new identity.. Enzensberger makes a witty and knowledgeable traveling companion delving into surprising corners and byways—from the back alleys of Budapest to the halls of the Italian mint—and striking up conversations with everyone from bankers to revolutionaries astrologers to apparatchiks. In the process he suggests that Europes strength lies increasingly in embracing diversity and improvisation not bigness and regimentation. He enables us to see with fresh eyes one of the most exciting parts of the world today.