The Tongue Set Free Author:Elias Canetti This is the first volume of Elias Canetti's autobiography, preceding "The Torch in My Ear" and "The Play of the Eyes". It provides a searching portrait of Canetti's personal background and creative development as it presents the events, personalities and intellectual forces that shaped the growth of this artist as a young man during his early ye... more »ars in Bulgaria, Manchester, Zurich and Vienna.« less