La provincia dell'uomo. Quaderni di appunti (1942-1972)

I read this alongside a writer in thought on my train yesterday; next to her ebullience I seemed to bear the sadness of The Human Province. How upsetting it was to me and how solarising, as in, bright with oppressive flame, for a pale, placid June day. Laid out like a notebook in disarray, we witnes Leggi tutto

Onlangs las ik Canetti's "Massa en macht", met bijna idolate bewondering. Meteen erna las ik "Wat de mens betreft": een verzameling aantekeningen uit de jaren 1942-1972, die voor Canetti oorspronkelijk als ventiel dienden voor de enorme werkdiscipline die hij zichzelf jaren lang oplegde om "Massa en Leggi tutto

Per me La provincia dell'uomo, primo estratto della miniera di mirabolanti appunti di Elias Canetti, e tutti gli altri (cinque) volumi che seguiranno sono un'opera unica, di grandiosa irrequieta intelligenza che spazia in modo strabiliante. Canetti scrive lampi, ipotesi di storie, immagini in ipotet Leggi tutto

Moje pierwsze spotkanie z aforystą i nie do końca umiem to ocenić.

O carte compusă din însemnările din decursul a trei decenii ale unui om cu o imaginație colosală (de altfel, a şi luat Nobel). Sute de scenarii splendide. Mii de vorbe de duh. Am făcut câteva clipuri pe Youtube cu pasaje din carte. Cred însă că anumite consemnări puteau fi evitate. Un număr de 230 d Leggi tutto

This is a very difficult book to rate. It is somewhere between 3 and 4. This is a collection of notes that Canetti made to himself of just random thoughts on a vast range of subjects some very mundane while others are very profound and poetic. It was overall fascinating to see how his mind worked an Leggi tutto

A profound and unsettling analysis of the human condition.