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Original Title:	Die Stimmen von Marrakesch: Aufzeichnungen einer Reise.
ISBN:	0714525804 (ISBN13: 9780714525808)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Morocco Marrakech (Marrakesh)(Morocco)

The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit

Elias Canetti

Paperback | Pages: 104 pages

Rating: 3.72 | 1685 Users | 165 Reviews

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Title	:	The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit
Author	:	Elias Canetti
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 104 pages
Published	:	September 1st 2002 by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd (first published 1968)
Categories	:	Travel. Nonfiction. Northern Africa. Morocco. Cultural. Africa. Literature. European Literature. German Literature. Nobel Prize

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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 images of daily life: the storytellers in the Djema el Fna, the armies of beggars ready to set upon the unwary, and the rituals of Moroccan family life. This is Marrakesh -described by one of Europe’s major literary intellects in an account lauded as "cosmopolitan in the tradition of Goethe" by the New York Times. "A unique travel book," according to John Bayley of the London Review of Books.

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Ratings: 3.72 From 1685 Users | 165 Reviews

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A travelogue which could have just as easily been found from somebody's travel blog, if it were written a bit worse.

Highly unfairly, Im judging this book based on the fact that I read it while in a state of limbo. I had roughly a day to spare before I could next get to a bookshop, so had to be content with whatever was short and on a nearby shelf. It is an interesting look at Morocco in the Sixties with the sections of Marrakeshs Jewish quarter perhaps serving as the most fascinating but an eagerness to get the book finished meant I perhaps didnt give it the attention it deserved. Skim reading as a book nears

A fascinating "travel book" by Nobel Prize winner, Elias Canetti, from Bulgaria. Canetti describes the traditions, sights, and especially the sounds of Marrakesh, Morocco. The descriptions are amazing and I was intrigued as I learned more about the people of Morocco. Here is an example of Canetti's writing as he compares and contrasts himself as a writer to the storytellers on the main plaza of Marrakesh:"There were times when I would have given a great deal to be able to, and I hope the day

Well-written short essays of life in Marrakesh from Pulitzer Prize winning author.

This series of sketches of the people and places of Marrakesh in the 50s is at times lyrical and often strange. The book depicts Elias Canetti's impressions of the city as he travelled there, which are always fascinating; Canetti has a voice for capturing the unconventional and, likewise, the reader with these impressive snapshots of much perceptive immediacy. His use of words often adds an otherworldly note to the scenes and at the same time shows a knack for calling the happenings to life.

Incredible note from travel. After reading this one I build up my idea of traveling. It is not just only taking you from somewhere to another by transportation. It's about meeting locals, visiting their house, simply visiting local markets and observing people's daily life without any judgment. Also, I was touched my writer's warm heart and empathy.

What I really enjoyed about The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit is that it is such a modest, personal endeavor by a writer who, in his most brilliant books like Auto-Da-Fe and Crowds and Power, was incredible ambitious.But here's the catch: I never finished Auto-Da-Fe. Though I read Crowds and Power, I would have to read it again to draw any clarity from the brilliance of its passages. In other words, these two books are hard work.So it's nice to read an 'adventure' by an author with