A compelling account of the development of a great artist, and a portrait of the tragic character of an entire era The uncompromising achievement of Elias Canetti has been matched by few writers this century. Canetti worked brilliantly in many forms, but the three volumes that comprise his autobiography are where his genius is perhaps most evident. The first volume, "The Tongue Set Free," presents the events, personalities, and intellectual forces that fed Canetti's early creative development. "The Torch in My Ear" ...
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A compelling account of the development of a great artist, and a portrait of the tragic character of an entire era The uncompromising achievement of Elias Canetti has been matched by few writers this century. Canetti worked brilliantly in many forms, but the three volumes that comprise his autobiography are where his genius is perhaps most evident. The first volume, "The Tongue Set Free," presents the events, personalities, and intellectual forces that fed Canetti's early creative development. "The Torch in My Ear" explores his admiration for the first great mentor of his adulthood, Karl Krauss, and also describes his first marriage. The final volume, "The Play of the Eyes," is set in Vienna between 1931 and 1937, with the European catastrophe imminent; here he vividly portrays relationships with Hermann Broch and Robert Musil, among others.
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Like New in Like New jacket. Size: 5x2x9; FIRST edition, first printing. Like new dust jacket, no rips, tears. Interior unmarked. Binding strong, square.
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Very Good. Original 3 volume hard cover set-all 3 1st edition 1st printings-The Tongue Set Free 1979 Seabury Press-The Torch in My Ear 1982 Farrar Strauss & Giroux-The Play of the Eyes 1986 Farrar Strauss Giroux-minor wear to edge of dust jackets (now in mylar covers) minor staining to closed page edges-covers fine bindings strong contents clean-enjoy.
