tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4535134971008341920..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The important thing was the letters, on which he knocked his fingers - Elias Canetti, young readerAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70992054109094329012022-08-04T20:22:55.519-05:002022-08-04T20:22:55.519-05:00I won't argue with that.I won't argue with that.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-65294186338680754962022-08-04T13:23:03.799-05:002022-08-04T13:23:03.799-05:00you must read CROWDS AND POWERyou must read CROWDS AND POWERmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975839075714035618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-85908096819875098242013-06-14T08:32:46.280-05:002013-06-14T08:32:46.280-05:00Availability - a good question.Availability - a good question.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40678044380597889382013-06-14T05:48:19.988-05:002013-06-14T05:48:19.988-05:00And I must start reading the memoirs. The only que...And I must start reading the memoirs. The only question is availability, especially in view of my hatred against e-books. Somewhat.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29654633917777310242013-06-11T22:14:46.628-05:002013-06-11T22:14:46.628-05:00I obviously have to continue the series through Ka...I obviously have to continue the series through Karl Kraus. At the very least. I suppose I should also read some other book of his some day. D. G. Myers likes once called <i>Earwitness</i>, a collection of "characters" a la Theophrastus.<br /><br />The bits of Ladino, words and phrases, were all easily decipherable via my bad Spanish.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36707239194342707772013-06-11T16:48:21.172-05:002013-06-11T16:48:21.172-05:00I've not read this. I'm reading Canetti...I've not read this. I'm reading Canetti's autobiography backwards, so I've only got to the bit where this ends (although obviously I know bits about what's in this already, like his desire to write in German because he feels it was a language that was forbidden him, in which only his parents were allowed to communicate).<br /><br />He's certainly not happy to leave Zurich in Book 2: until, of course, he discovers Karl Kraus.obookihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885121629202810216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-85944208419398782842013-06-11T16:27:56.081-05:002013-06-11T16:27:56.081-05:00"Agora vo matar a Laurica! Agora vo matar a L..."Agora vo matar a Laurica! Agora vo matar a Laurica!!"<br /><br />That's Ladino? It sounds almost like Portuguese! I have to learn more about Sephardi Jews.<br /><br />I read, many years ago, Canetti's <i>The Voices of Marrakesh.</i> And I'm of course curious about Auto-da-Fé. Now that I think of it, it's strangely appropriate for a Sephardi Jew to write a novel with that title.LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3826752324941294972013-06-11T07:24:32.125-05:002013-06-11T07:24:32.125-05:00"I raised the ax high and, holding it straigh..."I raised the ax high and, holding it straight in front of me, I marched back over the long path into the courtyard with a murderous chant on my lips, repeating incessantly: "<i>Agora vo matar a Laurica! Agora vo matar a Laurica!</i>! - "Now I'm going to kill Laurica! Now I'm going to kill Laurica!"<br /><br />The necessary extra detail is that Canetti is no taller than the ax, this "holding it straight in front." Otherwise, yes, terrifying!<br /><br />There is some of that Ladino, quite close to Spanish.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-24065330392416231192013-06-11T02:09:27.190-05:002013-06-11T02:09:27.190-05:00I've only read Auto-da-Fé which I remember as ...I've only read Auto-da-Fé which I remember as intense and quite brilliant. Not sure why I never got around to any more, I remember this being recommended.<br />Was Stephen King thinking of him when he wrote The Shining? I now see Canetti being played by Jack Nicholson.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.com