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Marrakesh in the '50s.
I had been wanting to read this book ever since I visited Morocco and wandered through the streets and market of Marrakesh. It's quite a short book and very atmospheric, but I didn't think it was particularly well written, given that Elias Canetti was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981.
Canetti visited Morocco in the 1950s but in many ways it is timeless. I particularly associated with the market stalls of very similar items: the row of handbag sellers, the secti ...more
I had been wanting to read this book ever since I visited Morocco and wandered through the streets and market of Marrakesh. It's quite a short book and very atmospheric, but I didn't think it was particularly well written, given that Elias Canetti was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981.
Canetti visited Morocco in the 1950s but in many ways it is timeless. I particularly associated with the market stalls of very similar items: the row of handbag sellers, the secti ...more
A fascinating "travel book" by Nobel Prize winner, Elias Canetti, from Bulgaria. Canetti describes the traditions, sights, and especially the sounds of Marrakesh, Morocco. The descriptions are amazing and I was intrigued as I learned more about the people of Morocco.
Here is an example of Canetti's writing as he compares and contrasts himself as a writer to the storytellers on the main plaza of Marrakesh:
"There were times when I would have given a great deal to be able to, and I hope the day wil ...more
Here is an example of Canetti's writing as he compares and contrasts himself as a writer to the storytellers on the main plaza of Marrakesh:
"There were times when I would have given a great deal to be able to, and I hope the day wil ...more
Yesterday, I re-read The Voices of Marrakesh as research for a novel I'm writing. I had already penned these thoughts on a blog once before but am placing it here now.
A slightly old-fashioned manner no doubt, on narrating the tales of a modern wayfarer but one held with an easy mastery and a fountain pen akin to that of a magic wand. The Voices of Marrakesh, surely a memorable work of travel literature and made up of a deliciously condensed 103 pages, wonderfully translated from the German by J ...more
A slightly old-fashioned manner no doubt, on narrating the tales of a modern wayfarer but one held with an easy mastery and a fountain pen akin to that of a magic wand. The Voices of Marrakesh, surely a memorable work of travel literature and made up of a deliciously condensed 103 pages, wonderfully translated from the German by J ...more
Feb 07, 2010
Inna
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Ana Castro
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Tobit
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