Download or read book The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit written by Elias Canetti and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Prize-winning author Canetti spent only a few weeks in Marrakesh, but it was a visit that would remain with him for the rest of his life. In The Voices of Marrakesh, he captures the essence of that place: the crowds, the smells - of spices, camels and the souks - and, most importantly to Canetti, the sounds of the city, from the cries of the blind beggars and the children's call for alms to the unearthly silence on the still roofs above the hordes. In these immaculately crafted essays, Canetti examines the emotions Marrakesh stirred within him and the people who affected him for ever.