num_pages: 278
description: Winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize, this first volume of the author's autobiography provides a searching portrait of his personal background and creative development.Elias Canetti was one of the major intellectual figures and polymaths of the twentieth century. A master of many genres, he is known especially for his novel, Auto-da-Fe , and his great work of social theory, Crowds and Power . But Canetti's genius is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the three volumes of his autobiography.This first volume, Tongue Set Free , provides a searching portrait of the author's personal background and creative development as it presents the events, personalities (especially Canetti's mother), and intellectual forces that shaped the growth of the artist as a young man.
language: English
title: The Tongue Set Free
titlecomplete: The Tongue Set Free
genres: Biography, Bulgaria, German Literature, Nonfiction, Memoir, Literature, Autobiography, Nobel Prize, 20th Century, History
ratings_count: 1868
places: Rustschuk (Ruse), Zurich, Vienna, Manchester, England
series: The Memoir Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux