Tento autor se zabývá složitými vztahy mezi historií, pamětí a modernitou. Jeho díla se vyznačují pronikavou analýzou subjektivity a způsobů, jakými jednotlivci vnímají a zpracovávají historické události. Používá pečlivě propracovaný jazyk a inovativní narativní techniky k vytvoření pohlcujících čtenářských zážitků. Jeho psaní vybízí k hlubšímu zamyšlení nad povahou skutečnosti a naší rolí v ní.
Basil the demon king, regretful of the atrocities he has committed to maintain his hold on power in his underground kingdom, absconds to the Earth's surface. Living among humans, he quickly learns that Hell is a state of mind...
Set against the backdrop of the Weimar period's cultural crises, Canetti's Auto-da-Fe explores complex themes such as misogyny, anti-Semitism, and the fragmentation of modern identity. The End of Modernism contextualizes this novel within Canetti's broader social thought and ongoing philosophical debates, including those surrounding Freud and literary traditions. It positions Auto-da-Fe as a pivotal example of "analytic modernism," marking a significant point in the evolution of postwar literary modernism and its critiques.
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