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Nobel Prize-winning author Canetti spent only a few weeks in Marrakesh, but it was a visit that would remain with him for the rest of his life. In The Voices of Marrakesh, he captures the essence of that place: the crowds, the smells - of spices, camels and the souks - and, most importantly to Canetti, the sounds of the city, from the cries of the blind beggars and the children''s call for alms to the unearthly silence on the still roofs above the hordes.

In these immaculately crafted essays, Canetti examines the emotions Marrakesh stirred within him and the people who affected him for ever.



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Canetti's feeling for the Orient is perceptible in The Voices of Marrakesh, a unique travel book -- John Bayley * London Review of Books *
Cosmopolitan in the tradition of Goethe * New York Times *
...this book takes on subtle dimensions as it ponders the inner meaning of new experience * Observer *
One of his shortest, most beautiful and most approachable works * Independent *

The Voices of Marrakesh A Record of a Visit

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 26 January 2012
      ISBN-13 9780141195629
      978-0141195629
      ISBN-10 0141195622
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      Non Fiction Travel & Transport Classic travel writing

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Nobel Prize-winning author Canetti spent only a few weeks in Marrakesh, but it was a visit that would remain with him for the rest of his life. In The Voices of Marrakesh, he captures the essence of that place: the crowds, the smells - of spices, camels and the souks - and, most importantly to Canetti, the sounds of the city, from the cries of the blind beggars and the children''s call for alms to the unearthly silence on the still roofs above the hordes.

      In these immaculately crafted essays, Canetti examines the emotions Marrakesh stirred within him and the people who affected him for ever.



      Trade Review
      Canetti's feeling for the Orient is perceptible in The Voices of Marrakesh, a unique travel book -- John Bayley * London Review of Books *
      Cosmopolitan in the tradition of Goethe * New York Times *
      ...this book takes on subtle dimensions as it ponders the inner meaning of new experience * Observer *
      One of his shortest, most beautiful and most approachable works * Independent *

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