Tower of BabelAuto-da-Fé, Elias Canetti's only work of fiction, is a staggering achievement that puts him squarely in the ranks of major European writers such as Robert Musil and Hermann Broch. |
Contents
PART ONE A HEAD WITHOUT A WORLD I THE MORNING WALK | 9 |
III | 36 |
THE MUSSEL SHELL | 49 |
CONFUCIUS THE MATCHMAKER DAZZLING FURNITURE 90098 26 36 | 60 |
MY DEAR LADY | 72 |
MOBILIZATION 49 60 72 | 85 |
DEATH | 98 |
THE BED OF SICKNESS 98 | 108 |
FOUR AND THEIR FUTURE | 222 |
REVELATIONS | 239 |
STARVED TO DEATH | 252 |
FULFILMENT | 270 |
THE THIEF | 282 |
PRIVATE PROPERTY | 297 |
X | 302 |
THE BUTTON 167 191 205 222 239 252 270 282 297 | 326 |
YOUNG LOVE | 118 |
ΧΙ JUDAS AND THE SAVIOUR | 125 |
THE MILLION | 135 |
BEATEN | 143 |
PETRIFACTION | 154 |
PART TWO HEADLESS WORLD I THE STARS OF HEAVEN | 167 |
THE HUMP | 191 |
INFINITE MERCY | 205 |
THE WORLD IN THE HEAD | 367 |
Π TROUSERS | 379 |
A MADHOUSE | 395 |
ROUNDABOUT WAYS | 415 |
WARYWISE ODYSSEUS | 427 |
THE RED COCK | 457 |
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