Quotes from book
Auto-da-Fé

Elias CanettiOriginal title Die Blendung (German, 1935)

Auto da Fé is a 1935 novel by Elias Canetti; the title of the English translation refers to the burning of heretics by the Inquisition.

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“Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.”

Elias Canetti book Auto-da-Fé

Auto-da-Fé

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