Auto Da Fé

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Vintage, 1995 - Fiction - 464 pages
"Auto da Fe" is the story of Peter Kien, a distinguished, reclusive Sinologist living in Germany between the wars. With masterly precision, Canetti builds up the elements in Kien himself, and his personal relationships, which will lead to his destruction."

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About the author (1995)

Elias Canetti was born in Bulgaria in 1905. He studied and stayed in Vienna until he came to England in 1938. He lives in London.

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