Elias Canetti Quote

Life experience does not amount to very much and could be learned from novels alone, e. g., from Balzac, without any help from life.

J. Agee, trans. (1989), p. 107 - Das Geheimherz der Uhr [The Secret Heart of the Clock] (1987)

Life experience does not amount to very much and could be learned from novels alone, e. g., from Balzac, without any help from life.

Life experience does not amount to very much and could be learned from novels alone, e. g., from Balzac, without any help from life.

Life experience does not amount to very much and could be learned from novels alone, e. g., from Balzac, without any help from life.

Life experience does not amount to very much and could be learned from novels alone, e. g., from Balzac, without any help from life.