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Andalublue

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Sad news that Nobel laureate Imre Kertész has passed away at the age of 86. While he's not perhaps the best known winner of the Nobel for literature, his first novel Fatelessness is perhaps the best novel about the Holocaust ever written, certainly the best I've ever read. His body of work had recurring themes of freedom and dictatorship and the transformative power of grief and trauma. He may have been more widely read had he been writing in a language that draws more attention than Hungarian, but he was never an easy read - I never really managed to get my head around Kaddish for an Unborn Child - and so his passing might not make huge waves. Nevertheless, if you get a chance to read Fatelessness, please do, you won't regret it.
 
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Sad news that Nobel laureate Imre Kertész has passed away at the age of 86. While he's not perhaps the best known winner of the Nobel for literature, his first novel Fatelessness is perhaps the best novel about the Holocaust ever written, certainly the best I've ever read. His body of work had recurring themes of freedom and dictatorship and the transformative power of grief and trauma. He may have been more widely read had he been writing in a language that draws more attention than Hungarian, but he was never an easy read - I never really managed to get my head around Kaddish for an Unborn Child - and so his passing might not make huge waves. Nevertheless, if you get a chance to read Fatelessness, please do, you won't regret it.
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To my chagrin:3oops: I merely saw the film but found that compelling enough to make note of reading the book some time.

Sad reminder but also a push to get cracking.
 
Andalublue said:
~ Sad news that Nobel laureate Imre Kertész has passed away at the age of 86. ~ Nevertheless, if you get a chance to read Fatelessness, please do, you won't regret it.
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I confess I am familiar with neither however I will try and find out more. Thanks Andy.
 
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