num_pages: 432
description: Iris Murdoch called Auto da Fé "one of the few great novels of the century." Peter Kien is a reclusive Sinologist living in Germany between the wars. Canetti creates the elements in Kien, and in his personal relationships, that will lead to his destruction.
language: English
title: Auto Da Fé
titlecomplete: Auto Da Fé
genres: Fiction, Bulgaria, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Nobel Prize, Novels, Bulgarian Literature, Germany, 20th Century
ratings_count: 5873
places: Vienna
publisher: Vintage