Judgement : Je suis Charlie
Elias Canetti: “the very first things I recognize are the fears, of which there was an inexhaustible wealth.”
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Crowds and Power
Torch in My Ear
'The word “terror” and its variants occur with notable frequency in this first volume of memoirs, whose title would seem to recall not only Canetti’s growing command of language but perhaps also, in a macabre way, his inauguration to fear.' ( New Criterion / R. Kimball)
"He steps right up close to me, halts, and says: “Show me your tongue.” I stick out my tongue, he reaches into his pocket, pulls out a jackknife, opens it, and brings the blade all the way to my tongue. He says: “Now we’ll cut off his tongue.” I don’t dare pull back my tongue, he comes closer and closer, the blade will touch me any second. In the last moment, he pulls back the knife, saying, “Not today, tomorrow.” He snaps the knife shut again and puts it back in his pocket."
Every morning, we step out of the door . . . and the smiling man appears .... That’s how the day starts, and it happens very often."
( Tongue Set Free )
Elias Canetti: “the very first things I recognize are the fears, of which there was an inexhaustible wealth.”
Auto-da-Fé
Crowds and Power
Torch in My Ear
'The word “terror” and its variants occur with notable frequency in this first volume of memoirs, whose title would seem to recall not only Canetti’s growing command of language but perhaps also, in a macabre way, his inauguration to fear.' ( New Criterion / R. Kimball)
"He steps right up close to me, halts, and says: “Show me your tongue.” I stick out my tongue, he reaches into his pocket, pulls out a jackknife, opens it, and brings the blade all the way to my tongue. He says: “Now we’ll cut off his tongue.” I don’t dare pull back my tongue, he comes closer and closer, the blade will touch me any second. In the last moment, he pulls back the knife, saying, “Not today, tomorrow.” He snaps the knife shut again and puts it back in his pocket."
Every morning, we step out of the door . . . and the smiling man appears .... That’s how the day starts, and it happens very often."
( Tongue Set Free )
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