Auto-da-Fe

Name: Auto-da-Fe
Author: Elias Canetti

by Elias Canetti

Satirical novel of obsessed sinologist's passion for rare books

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Elias Canetti

Bulgarian-born British author who wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize. His novel Auto-da-Fe is a devastating portrait of a scholar destroyed by his delusions, and his non-fiction Crowds and Power is a major work of social philosophy.

More by Elias Canetti

The Voices of MarrakeshTravel memoir documenting author's observations in Morocco
The Tongue Set FreeFirst volume of memoirs exploring childhood and language acquisition
The Play of the EyesSecond memoir covering formative years and intellectual awakening
Crowds and PowerPhilosophical essay on crowd behavior and power dynamics