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Auto-da-Fé, Elias Canetti's only work of fiction, is just a incredible accomplishment that places him squarely in the rates of important European authors such as for instance Robert Musil and Hermann Broch. It's the tale of Peter Kien, a scholarly recluse who lives among and for his excellent collection. The damage of Kien through the device of the illiterate, brutish housekeeper he marries comprises the plan of the book. The very best authors of our time have been worried about the terror of today's modern world--one thinks of Kafka, to whom Canetti has frequently been compared.