tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post6075187113587160677..comments2024-02-09T16:00:40.486+01:00Comments on Edith's Miscellany: Book Review: Auto da Fé by Elias CanettiEdith LaGrazianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07885017198423641770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-54906247923832896602016-02-09T14:14:05.613+01:002016-02-09T14:14:05.613+01:00Thanks for your instructive comment! Yes, the hist...Thanks for your instructive comment! Yes, the historical background and almost clairvoyance of this novel are amazing. I hinted at part of it by the end of my review (which was the first that I ever published, by the way!). And I agree that it's a pity that Canetti didn't write any other novels...Edith LaGrazianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885017198423641770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-2825569811983570862016-02-09T09:53:48.112+01:002016-02-09T09:53:48.112+01:00According to his autobiography, Canetti wrote this...According to his autobiography, Canetti wrote this book in 1931 - two years before the Nazis burnt books. It was supposed to be part of a Comedie humaine, a series of novels based on insane or obsessive characters. A direct inspiration for the book was the fire at the Vienna Palace of Justice which Canetti witnessed in 1927 (including the following shooting of more than 70 people by Austrian police on the spot). His lifelong research on Crowds and Power but also this novel seem to have been triggered by this extraordinary event. A fascinating novel and it is a pity that it remained Canetti's only one.Mytwostotinkihttp://www.mytwostotinki.comnoreply@blogger.com