In conversation with IDRIS PARRY
Elias Canetti is something of an enigma. A Spanish Jew, born in Bulgaria and educated mainly in Vienna, he now lives in London and writes novels, plays, and essays in German. His novel Auto da Fé has been called one of the great novels of this century and yet it is not as well known as this would suggest. The clue to an understanding of his work lies perhaps in his extraordinary life, and in this conversation with Idris Parry he talks freely about the influences which have shaped his thinking and writing.