The hand which scoops up the water is the first vessel. The fingers of both hands intertwined are the first basket. [p. 217] - Elias Canetti

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The hand which scoops up the water is the first vessel. The fingers of both hands intertwined are the first basket. [p. 217]

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About Elias Canetti

Elias Canetti (25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a Bulgarian modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer. He wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981.

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Alternative Names: Elías Canetti
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