A review by musicsaves
Auto-Da-Fé by Elias Canetti

3.0

FIRST LINE REVIEW: "'What are you doing here, my little man?'" So ironic that the first line of this difficult, strange and disturbing work of German modernism is a question I asked myself several times while working through its carnivalesque challenges. Especially since I was reading most of it while on a beach vacation in Florida. Says something about my reading choices, doesn't it? If you're in the frame-of-mind for some mind-bending insights into the fractured and highly disturbed world of a mega-bookworm, then this might just be up your alley. Many reviews consider it to be brilliant. I did, too, but just struggled too hard to finish it...hence the 3-star rating. It's me, not the book.