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Tongue Set Free | Elias Canetti
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Elias Canetti, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature, was one of the major intellectual figures and polymaths of the twentieth century. A master of many genres, he is known especially for his novel, "Auto da Fe," and his great work of social theory, "Crowds and Power." But Canetti's genius is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the three volumes of his autobiography. This first volume, "Tongue Set Free," provides a searching portrait of the author's personal background and creative development as it presents the events, personalities (especially Canetti's mother), and intellectual forces that shaped the growth of the artist as a young man.Winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize, this first volume of the author's autobiography provides a searching portrait of his personal background and creative development.
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Tongue Set Free | Elias Canetti
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Busy weekend--also finished Tongue Set Free. Amazed by the culture of books and language in which Canetti grew up. Most touching were the passages where Canetti remembered reading Schiller with his mother--no Harry Potter for those two! They actually reminded me of the mother and child in DeWitt's Last Samurai--perhaps Canetti was a source for DeWitt?

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I was not familiar with Canetti's 3-volume memoir before I read Edge of Irony. It's a wonderful work--he has such a rich and detailed memory of his childhood. Language and reading are his big themes, as well as the culture of the Sephardic Jews in Bulgaria before WWI.

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È stata una lettura affascinante. Non mi sarei mai aspettata di trovare così interessante un'autobiografia che si interrompe con il narratore ancora adolescente. Si tratta sicuramente di una vita interessante nonostante il breve lasso di tempo narrato, ma a rendere questo libro coinvolgente non era la sola descrizione degli eventi... La passione per la lettura, per il sapere, gli affetti... Non riuscivo a staccarmi più dal libro.

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All'inizio ho trovato il libro un po' lento, ma a poco a poco lo sto trovando sempre più affascinante. L'infanzia di quest'uomo è stata davvero particolare! 😮

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