Canetti 02: The Torch in my Ear (Canetti's Memoirs)

by Elias Canetti

Other authorsJoachim Neugroschel (Translator)

Paperback, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

833.912

Publication

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2009), Paperback, 384 pages

Description

The Torch in My Ear is the account of Canetti's young manhood, of his arrival in Vienna in the early 1920s, of his schooling, and of the beginning of his life as a writer.

User reviews

LibraryThing member MSarki

Another great segment in the trilogy. It was rewarding to read as Canetti matured. The next, and last book, should be a knockout as he becomes the writer he has worked so hard to be. This was a man who read everything he possibly could and his self-study was remarkable in its expansive ideal.