Auto-da-Fe

Name: Auto-da-Fe
Author: Elias Canetti

by Elias Canetti

Herr Doktor Peter Kien is a reclusive and eccentric bibliophile from a book I adore, Elias Canetti's Auto-da-Fe. He's a character who fascinates me, whom I find simultaneously alluring and repellent.

Recommended by

Olga Tokarczuk

"Herr Doktor Peter Kien is a reclusive and eccentric bibliophile from a book I adore, Elias Canetti's Auto-da-Fe. He's a character who fascinates me, whom I find simultaneously alluring and repellent."

By the Book: Olga Tokarczuk · nytimes.com