Since then, fortunately, peace reigns on the banks of the Rhine. France and Germany are leading partners in the EU and the centuries-old dispute about the frontier has at last been resolved. The Rhine is the setting for popular river cruises and no longer the river of myth and legend beloved, in their different ways, by romantics and zealots. This admirable book tells us what it was like before sanity prevailed.

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书评：帕特里克·奥尼尔：三语乔伊斯：安娜·利维亚变奏曲

幸运的是，从那时起，莱茵河畔就和平了。法国和德国是欧盟的主要合作伙伴，长达数百年的边界争端终于得到解决。莱茵河是广受欢迎的河上游船的所在地，不再是浪漫主义者和狂热者以不同方式钟爱的神话和传说之河。这本令人钦佩的书告诉我们在理智盛行之前它是什么样子。