The Voices of Marrakesh by Elias Cannetti
Elias Cannetti is the kind of writer that makes me realise I will never be a writer. I mean, to be fair to myself he is a Nobel prize winning writer so he's pretty much top of his game so I like to think it's an unfair comparison but the way he writes about what he sees and how those things make him feel is just stunning. I don't know if it's his writing skills or that he actually feels things in a different way from me. He seems to feel so intensely and deeply and understand what those feelings are. I mean, I feel things. The way a view or a sunset can fill me with the most intense contentment. That everything is right. It's not even a feeling in the heart, it's the whole body just feeling full of the beauty of the view. I like old buildings. I like to put my hand on old buildings and absorb the ancientness. If I can get away with it, I like to stand there with my hands on it, close my eyes and just try to feel the history. I always hope that when I open ...