Re: R.I.P. Imre Kertész

[Becky Lindroos]

Oh I’m sad.  Kertesz was a great writer -  I have read a couple of his books, both excellent: 

Fateless
Kaddish for a Child Not Born  

Becky 


> On Apr 1, 2016, at 3:04 PM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
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> RIP. I can't pretend I've read anything of his but I'll have to take a look at Fateless.
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> Only about 17 Nobel Literature Laureates alive today.
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> On Thursday, March 31, 2016, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
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> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/31/imre-kertesz-holocaust-survivor-nobel-laureate-novelist-dies
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> His "Fateless" (orig. Sorstalanság; dt. Roman eines Schicksallosen) is the most impressive 'holocaust novel' I know. Kertész  tells the story through the eyes of a kid, which makes the insanity look normal and thus especially horrifying.
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