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Fatelessness

by Imre Kertész

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First published
1975
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211
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Imre Kertész, who received the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, is the author of the semi-autobiographical book "Fatelessness." The account of a 14-year-old Hungarian Jew's experiences in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps is told in this 1975 novel. György "Gyuri" Köves, the main character, is taken from his Budapest home and put on a train to Auschwitz without knowing why he is being sent there.

The story is simple and subtle, concentrating on the immediate and bodily sensations of malnourishment, hunger, and illness. This book is one in a trilogy that includes "Fiasco" and "Kaddish for an Unborn Child" as its sequels. The delicate experience of the individual is upheld in Kertész's literature against the savage arbitrariness of history.

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Imre Kertész

Imre Kertész was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel in Literature. His works deal with themes of the Holocaust, dictatorship, and personal freedom.

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First published
1975
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
211
Language
English
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