Auto-da-Fé (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Elias Canetti
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Parody
- Time of Work: Probably the 1930’s
- Setting: Vienna, Austria, and Paris, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Parody
- Subjects: France or French people, Dreams, 1930’s, Books, Libraries or librarians, Mental illness, Austria or Austrians, Paranoia, Dwarfs
- Locales: Paris, France, Vienna, Austria
Characters Discussed
Dr. Peter Kien (keen), a world-renowned sinologist. Kien is a forty-year-old recluse who wants to live only for his scholarly work in his private library of twenty-five thousand books. His life is completely regulated, and his library is cared for by his housekeeper Therese, whom he decides to marry in order to ensure the continuance of this good care. The marriage, however, changes this misogynist’s life into a nightmarish existence. In searching for his bankbook and will, Therese makes Kien’s life so unbearable that he is forced to leave his home and...
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