Auto Da Fé
$56.00
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2005
Summary
‘Strange, savage, subtle, beautifully mysterious… one of the great novels of the twentieth century’ - Iris Murdoch
Auto Da Fe is the story of Peter Kien, a distinguished, reclusive sinologist living in Germany between the wars. With masterly precision, Canetti reveals Kien’s character, displaying the flawed personal relationships which ultimately lead to his destruction.
Manipulated by his illiterate and grasping housekeeper, Therese, who has tricked him into marriage…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781843432586 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1843432587 |
| Author: | Dr Elias Canetti |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill Secker |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 453g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 33mm |
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“Savage, subtle, beautifully mysterious–one of the few great novels of the century.” - Iris Murdoch “A strange, eloquent and terrifying book.” - Philip Toynbee
One of the few undoubted masterpieces of our time – John Davenport
A mad, magnificent work * Spectator *
A strange, eloquent and terrifying book – Polly Toynbee
The work of a remarkable talent * Observer *
About The Author
Dr Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti (1905-1994) was born to Spanish-Jewish parents. He lived in Vienna until 1937 and spent much of his working life in Britain during and after the war. Canetti became a British citizen in 1952 but continued to write in German, the language of his childhood and youth spent in Vienna, Zurich, and Frankfurt.
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