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Canetti, Elias (Translated by Ralph Manheim).
THE PLAY OF THE EYES.
New York City, NY:
Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
1986.
Hardcover.
First Edition/First Printing.
Unpaginated.
Fine/Fine.
The third and final volume of the author's memoirs. Now considered a late-modern classic. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. "Fuller and more instructive than Mill's 'Autobiography' or Sartre's 'The Words' " (Susan Sontag). Canetti did for the memoir what Kafka and Rilke did for the diary, make it a legitimate genre and literary form. A "must-have" title for Elias Canetti collectors. This title has been out-of-print as a hardcover for a long time and is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First English-language Edition still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Most copies available online have major flaws. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ELIAS CANETTI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374234345. $40.00
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Canetti, Elias (Translated by Ralph Manheim).
THE PLAY OF THE EYES.
New York City, NY:
Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
1986.
Hardcover.
First Edition/First Printing.
Unpaginated.
Fine/Fine.