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Elias Canetti and
C. V. Wedgwood (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
December 1, 1984
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374518790
ISBN-10
0374518793
Dimensions
1.25 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.35 lbs.
Original list price
$19.00
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Summary
Peter Kien lives secluded in his library until he marries his housekeeper, who pushes him into the harshness of the outside world
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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.
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Paperback
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Reissue edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (December 1, 1984)
9780374518790 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $19.00
About: Peter Kien lives secluded in his library until he marries his housekeeper, who pushes him into the harshness of the outside world
About: Peter Kien lives secluded in his library until he marries his housekeeper, who pushes him into the harshness of the outside world
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