by EliasCanetti (Author)
This is the first volume of Elias Canetti's autobiography, preceding "The Torch in My Ear" and "The Play of the Eyes". It provides a searching portrait of Canetti's personal background and creative development as it presents the events, personalities and intellectual forces that shaped the growth of this artist as a young man during his early years in Bulgaria, Manchester, Zurich and Vienna.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 01 Nov 1999
ISBN 10: 1862073031
ISBN 13: 9781862073036
Book Overview: Elias Canetti won the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature.