Auto da Fe – Elias Canetti

Posted on October 20, 2005 by mbcadmin

Date 20 October 2005

Venue: The Chequers, Fowlmere

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3 Responses to Auto da Fe – Elias Canetti

  1. Mr Black says:
    March 21, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    This is our ‘benchmark’ against which all new books are tested.

  2. Mr Orange says:
    January 26, 2014 at 3:16 pm

    Our favourite, worst book, which remains the only one we discussed that was not finished by the whole group – you know who you are.

    It is also significant because it introduced to us the importance of dwarves in literature and helped establish the unwritten rule that books you loved as a teenager should be avoided in adulthood, see Trustee from the Tool Room.

  3. Mr Blue says:
    January 26, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    Very, very tough going and not short. However, it includes some memorable characters notably Fischerle, the world champion chess playing dwarf. Unfortunately, he is not as amusing as he sounds, but does provide some relief from the descent of the severe and austere protagonist Doktor Klein. Grim.

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