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The Memoirs of Elias Canetti.
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April 3, 2013
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October 17, 2013
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October 26, 2013
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5.95%
"This is going to take some time but it is clear from the start that Canetti is/was a special talent."
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November 18, 2013
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19.05%
"Though not a huge fan of the childhood segment of biography Canetti flat knows how to write and somehow makes his young life interesting."
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January 24, 2014
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54.52%
"Still, there has been nothing yet to change my opinion that this memoir is one of the very best ever written."
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March 20, 2014
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84.52%
"This section more of a listing and description of every artist he met. But still good. And interesting."
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March 25, 2014
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89.29%
"About another month to go and I will have accomplished reading this behemoth."
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April 14, 2014
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Finished Reading
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I wasn't into Auto-de-fe when I read about 100 pages of it about 17 years ago. This is the work for which Canetti won the Nobel prize, right? After loving the Zweig memoir, I may be up for this later in the year!
Lee wrote: "I wasn't into Auto-de-fe when I read about 100 pages of it about 17 years ago. This is the work for which Canetti won the Nobel prize, right? After loving the Zweig memoir, I may be up for this lat..."I have read quite a bit autobiography and this is one, if not, the very best of all I have ever had the pleasure to read. He writes in such a relaxed manner that it is easy for me to relax while reading it. I have taken my sweet time with this. It is not a page turner as literature goes, but it is certainly of the highest quality. I have not yet read the Nobel prize winner you speak of, though I plan on it this year. I have the hardcover edition waiting on my shelf.
I meant he probably won the Nobel for the memoir more than Auto-da-fe, most likely. I'll definitely get to this soon.
You might be (probably are) right. It says something to that effect on the jacket, but I assumed it was he who was a past winner, not the autobiography. But it certainly deserves it.
Yeah, the prize is awarded to the author, but in many cases there's one book that stands above the author's others. It's not accurate to say Canetti won it for the memoir, or Kenazburo Oe won it for A Personal Matter, or Saramago won it for Blindness, but that often seems to be the case in effect, sort of.
Lee wrote: "Yeah, the prize is awarded to the author, but in many cases there's one book that stands above the author's others. It's not accurate to say Canetti won it for the memoir, or Kenazburo Oe won it fo..."I understand. Now that you have brought it up I will be interested in knowing the answer.
