Auto-Da-Fe
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- Synopsis
- Auto Da Fe is the story of Peter Kien who is a distinguished, reclusive Sinologist. He lives in Germany between World War I and World War II. Kien's personal relationships lead him to destruction. First, his illiterate and grasping housekeeper, Therese, tricks him into marriage. Secondly, Therese, with the help of Benedikt Pfaff, a brutish concierge and retired policeman, force Kien out of his apartment, which houses his great library and one passion in life, into the world. Kien enters the world and is guided into Purgatory by a dwarf who has evil tendencies. When he returns home, Kien is visited by his brother, an eminent psychiatrist, who, by an error of diagnosis, precipitates Kien's eventual leap into madness. The author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981.
- Copyright:
- 1974
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 465 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374518790
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 09/24/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Elias Canetti
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Barbara Baker
- Proofread By:
- Barbara Baker
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.