La Langue sauvée
by:
Elias Canetti (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782226159687 (2226159681)
Publish date: April 1st 2005
Publisher: Albin Michel
Pages no: 364
Edition language: French
Series: The Memoir Trilogy (#1)
Radici come rami. Da Rustschuk a Vienna, fino a Manchester e a Zurigo. Città, lingue, culture differenti. E libri. Tanti. “Ogni volta che avevo finito un libro, ne discutevo con mio padre e talvolta mi eccitavo a tal segno che lui doveva calmarmi. Non mi disse mai però, come usano fare gli adul...
A vivid, eloquent and well-written account of a nomadic, rather privileged childhood, told by a narrator smug, snobbish and self-righteous to the point of nausea.
The first of three memoirs covering the life of Elias Canetti. So wonderfully written, much more superb than the writing of Vladimir Nabokov and his [b:Speak, Memory|30594|Speak, Memory|Vladimir Nabokov|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1346107008s/30594.jpg|2540547]. Typically, childhood ...
The die has been cast upon reading Gregor von Rezzori's 'The Snow of Yesteryear'.Struck by the literary spell of that excellent specimen of Central European memoirs, I decided it was just the right time to go ahead along the same golden vein.Thus, I picked 'The Tongue Set Free' up. This is the first...
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