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Fateless or Fatelessness by Imre Kertész

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Book name: Fateless or Fatelessness (2024)
Category: Adolescence
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Pages: 240 pages
Language: Hungarian
Publication data: Jan. 1, 1975, midnight
"Fateless" is a harrowing account of a Hungarian Jewish boy's experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. The protagonist is sent to Auschwitz, then Buchenwald, and finally to a factory in Zeitz, enduring brutal conditions and witnessing unimaginable horrors. Despite his experiences, he maintains a detached, almost indifferent perspective, focusing on the mundane aspects of life in the camps, which further highlights the absurdity and horror of the situation. The novel explores themes of identity, survival, and the arbitrary nature of fate. The 751st greatest book of all time

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Imre Kertész

Imre Kertész

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