Auto da Fe - Softcover

Auto-da-Fe

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. Bright, clean & tight copy of the 1982 Continuum paperback edition [see 3rd Man Books listing for cover: photo of author on purple background]. "Winner of the Prix International, AUTO-DA-FE is the story of a man to whom books mean more than anything else in the world, a distinguished scholar whose delicately balanced intellect dissolves into madness. With an arresting display of narrative techniques and psychological insight, Elias Canetti establishes the elements within Peter Kien's mind that cause his destruction. Kien is caught between his illiterate, grasping housekeeper and a brutish concierge. In desperation he abandons his precious library for an underworld at once nightmarish yet somehow supportive of his deepest impulses. Since its first publication in 1935, critics worldwide have recognized AUTO-DA-FE as one of the major novels of our times whose theme---the nature of totalitarianism---is all too prophetically realized."[]"Canetti was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981 'for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power.'" Pristine paperback in AS NEW condition, w/sharp corners & crisp edges, no creases in spine; highly recommended & quite presentable. Artikel-Nr. RUB845

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