The Secret Heart of the Clock: Notes, Aphorisms, Fragments, 1973-1985 by Elias Canetti (PDF)

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From one of the preeminent intellectual figures of the twentieth century, a highly personal testimonial of what Canetti himself chooses to term “notations,” bits and pieces: notes, aphorisms, fragments. Taken together, they present an awesomely tender, guiltily gloomy meditation on death and aging.” A mosaical portrait of an old body’s mind determined to do its exercises and not lose a step–and fascinating for that.” – Kirkus Reviews

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⭐It is deceptive to call this book a book of paradoxes in the conventional philosophical sense. It does not make the typical mistake of avoiding irony. Yet it is not acerbic in the sense of being pure bitterness. It is very unique.Words are not the same after Canetti. I was influenced by him when I encountered the book in a public library, and since I have a poor memory it was years before I encountered him again.But that lapse in time was a torment. I was trying to remember those strings of influence which I found only in Canetti.Canneti was the genius I had mistaken for myself. But in some sense, I could also claim that he “was an influence”. It was a great gift.I will not bother the reader by comparing him to the Bible, Calvino, or Borges. Those books are really separate ideas, different islands.

⭐A collection of aphorisms and notes that lacks insight or wit. One would be better served picking up Nietzsche, Lichtenberg, or Adorno.

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