It is the story of peter kien, a scholarly recluse who lives among and for his great library. The main characters of this travel, non fiction story are. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The first edition of the novel was published in 1968, and was written by elias canetti. The way this is written, the term autodafe must be portuguese and it means the execution of nonbelievers during the portuguese inquisition. Autodafe, elias canettis 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. A head without a world, headless world, and the world in the head. The novel reveals a man who goes mad from his love of books, which also leads to his death. Elias canetti divides autodafe into three sections. Buy auto da fe by elias canetti, c v wedgwood from amazons fiction books store. Auto da fe by elias canetti overdrive rakuten overdrive. Wedgwood, 1946 refers to the burning of heretics by the inquisition. Elias canetti translated from the german by carol stewart new york the viking press i962. It was also published in english as the tower of babel.
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