The Secret Heart of the Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragments, 1973-1985
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (706 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374256942 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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There are occasional quotations from Plutarch, Soutine, Faulkner ("I never tell reporters the truth"), Wittgenstein and Wisdom of the Fathers . From Publishers Weekly Dealing largely with the meaning and significance of words and names in various languages, these jottings and paradoxes, by the Bulgarian-born Nobel Laureate, reflect on the indignity of life, death, reincarnation, longevity and immortality, the development of ritualism in the child, and the importance and gist of Aubrey, Dostoyevski, Kafka, Klaus Mann, Schopenhauer, Sophocles,
"One of the Most Exceptional Books" according to N. Coppedge. It is deceptive to call this book a book of paradoxes in the conventional philosophical sense. It does not make the typical mistake of avoiding irony. Yet it is not acerbic in the sense of being pure bitterness. It is very unique.Words are not the same after Canetti. I was influenced by him when I encountered the book in a public library, and since I have a poor memory it . One would be better served picking up Nietzsche Robert S. Costic A collection of aphorisms and notes that lacks insight or wit. One would be better served picking up Nietzsche, Lichtenberg, or Adorno.
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.
Taken together, they present an awesomely tender, guiltily gloomy meditation on death and aging.. From one of the preeminent intellectual figures of the twentieth century, a highly personal testimonial of what Canetti himself chooses to term "notations," bits and pieces: notes, aphorisms, fragments