| The Play of the Eyes Contributor(s): Canetti, Elias (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374530610 ISBN-13: 9780374530617 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The third volume of his acclaimed autobiographical memoirs, The Play of the Eyes ambles along unpredictably, mingling character sketches, cafe conversations, dramatic readings of his plays, trips to Prague and Strasbourg, musings on the power of crowds and what makes the good man ... Canetti uses a dramatist's gifts here to achieve emotional depth; his mother's death, sketched simply against the backdrop of a crumbling Europe, takes on a tragic dignity." - Publishers Weekly |
Contributor Bio(s): Canetti, Elias: - Elias Canetti (1905-94) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981. His writings include a monumental work of social theory, Crowds and Power, and three volumes of memoirs, The Tongue Set Free, The Torch in My Ear, and The Play of the Eyes. |