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party in the blitz
elias canetti originally intended party in the blitz to capture an image of his time in post war london . well known throughout europe canetti scorned british intellectuals who weren t familiar with his work . by force of will alone he accumulated english followers but not before being christened the godmonster of hampstead . canetti s memories of various people in his social circle are brief and scathing brimstone sketches . t.s. eliot iris murdoch wittgenstein herbert read bertrand russell canetti rakes them all over the coals . to canetti t.s. eliot was nothing more than an american emigrant trying desperately to act british and canetti s portrayal of iris murdoch with whom he had an affair is nothing short of brutal . michael hofmann s translation pulls no punches delivering the goods on canetti s searing injection when you write down your life every page should contain something no one has ever heard about .