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by Elias Canetti
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Availability:In StockContributor:Elias Canetti, D. V. Wedgewood (Translator)Publish date:1984-12-01Pages:464
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374518790ISBN-10:374518793UPC:9780374518790Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World Literature, PoliticalBook Topic:Europe (General)Size:9.00 x 5.70 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCGBVX7EBF

Auto-da-Fé, Elias Canetti's only work of fiction, is a staggering achievement that puts him squarely in the ranks of major European writers such as Robert Musil and Hermann Broch.

It is the story of Peter Kien, a scholarly recluse who lives among and for his great library. The destruction of Kien through the instrument of the illiterate, brutish housekeeper he marries constitutes the plot of the book. The best writers of our time have been concerned with the horror of the modern world--one thinks of Kafka, to whom Canetti has often been compared. But Auto-da-Fé stands as a completely original, unforgettable treatment of the modern predicament.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374518790ISBN-10:374518793UPC:9780374518790Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World Literature, PoliticalBook Topic:Europe (General)Size:9.00 x 5.70 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCGBVX7EBF
Elias Canetti (1905-94) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981. His writings include a monumental work of social theory, Crowds and Power, and three volumes of memoirs, The Tongue Set Free, The Torch in My Ear, and The Play of the Eyes.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Elias Canetti, D. V. Wedgewood (Translator)

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Elias Canetti

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