Book description
Nobel Prize-winning author Canetti spent only a few weeks in
Marrakesh, but it was a visit that would remain with him for the rest
of his life. In The Voices of Marrakesh, he captures the
essence of that place: the crowds, the smells - of spices, camels and
the souks - and, most importantly to Canetti, the sounds of the city,
from the cries of the blind beggars and the children's call for alms
to the unearthly silence on the still roofs above the hordes.
In these immaculately crafted essays, Canetti examines the emotions
Marrakesh stirred within him and the people who affected him for ever.
Elias Canetti (1905-1994) is best known in the English-speaking world
for
Crowds and Power
,
Kafka's Other Trial
and for the classic
Auto-de-Fe
. His family moved from Bulgaria to England, then Vienna, and he settled
back in England in 1938. In 1981 he received the Nobel Prize for
Literature. He was cited by the Swedish Academy for his 'writings marked
by a broad outlook and wealth of ideas and artistic power'.
