
『眩暈』は、作家・思想家エリアス・カネッティの小説。書物に人生を捧げる中年学者が、無知な女性との結婚を機に研究生活を侵されていく様をグロテスクに描いている。作者が26歳の時に書かれた処女小説であり、執筆から数年を経た1935年にオーストリアの書店から刊行、1948年に再刊されたが黙殺され、研究書『群集と権力』が成功した後の1963年にハンザー版が出てから評価を受けた。以来20世紀ドイツ語文学の代表作の一つとされている。 …

Winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature, Elias Canetti uncovers the secret life hidden beneath Marrakesh’s bewildering array of voices, gestures and faces. In a series of sharply etched scenes, he portrays the languages and cultures of the people who fill its bazaars, cafes, and streets. The book presents vivid …

Providing a portrait of the author's personal background and creative development, this book presents the events, personalities and intellectual forces which shaped the growth of this artist as a young man. It covers his up-bringing in Bulgaria and later homes in Manchester, Vienna and Zurich. He was born in 1905 and …

Crowds and Power is a 1960 book by Elias Canetti, dealing with the dynamics of crowds and "packs" and the question of how and why crowds obey power of rulers. Canetti draws a parallel between ruling and paranoia. Also, the memoirs of Daniel Paul Schreber are analyzed with an implicit critique of Sigmund Freud and …