In the second part of his autobiography, Elias Canetti recounts his experiences in Frankfurt during the inflation period, the Vienna of his student years, and the Berlin of the 1920s.

Set against the significant events occurring during the tumultuous interwar period in the places where the author moves, the reader follows his fascinating internal journey, his rebellion against the authoritarian figure of his mother, and the acuteness he reveals in observing the events around him.

The search for answers to the questions posed by his restless spirit - questions that will preoccupy him throughout his life and shape his work, both literary and theoretical.

The Torch in the Ear is an exciting journey of inner exploration by the Nobel Prize-winning author and simultaneously one of the most beautiful literary works ever written.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]