Imre Kertész

Hungarian novelist and Holocaust survivor, awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature; best known for the semi-autobiographical novel 'Fatelessness' (Sorstalanság) and other works exploring memory, totalitarianism, and individual freedom.

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  1. 1. História Policial

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  2. 2. Essere Senza Destino

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    A teenage Hungarian Jewish narrator recounts his experiences of deportation and internment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald with a calm, observant voice that strips events of melodrama and examines the randomness of survival; on returning home he faces dislocation, the collapse of previous certainties, and a persistent questioning of fate, responsibility and the possibility of making sense of atrocity in a world that often appears indifferent.

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