What was Canetti's first novel?
Auto-da-Fé
The Castle
The Trial
The Stranger
Answer
Auto-da-Fé was Elias Canetti's debut novel, published in 1935. Set in Vienna, the novel follows the descent into madness of Peter Kien, a scholar obsessed with the purity of language. Through Kien's story, Canetti explores themes of isolation, the dangers of intellectualism, and the fragility of human existence. Auto-da-Fé established Canetti as a major literary figure and remains a powerful and thought-provoking work.
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