{"product_id":"fatelessness-paperback","title":"Fatelessness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eImre Kertész\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 14 Georg Koves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of Budapest and without any particular malice, placed on a train to Auschwitz. He does not understand the reason for his fate. He doesn't particularly think of himself as Jewish. And his fellow prisoners, who decry his lack of Yiddish, keep telling him, \"You are no Jew.\" In the lowest circle of the Holocaust, Georg remains an outsider. \u003cbr\u003eThe genius of Imre Kertesz's unblinking novel lies in its refusal to mitigate the strangeness of its events, not least of which is Georg's dogmatic insistence on making sense of what he witnesses-or pretending that what he witnesses makes sense. Haunting, evocative, and all the more horrifying for its rigorous avoidance of sentiment, \u003cb\u003eFatelessness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterpiece in the traditions of Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel, and Tadeusz Borowski.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 14 Georg Koves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of Budapest and without any particular malice, placed on a train to Auschwitz. He does not understand the reason for his fate. He doesn't particularly think of himself as Jewish. And his fellow prisoners, who decry his lack of Yiddish, keep telling him, \"You are no Jew.\" In the lowest circle of the Holocaust, Georg remains an outsider. \u003cbr\u003eThe genius of Imre Kertesz's unblinking novel lies in its refusal to mitigate the strangeness of its events, not least of which is Georg's dogmatic insistence on making sense of what he witnesses-or pretending that what he witnesses makes sense. Haunting, evocative, and all the more horrifying for its rigorous avoidance of sentiment, Fatelessness\" is a masterpiece in the traditions of Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel, and Tadeusz Borowski.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 7.96 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169930776711,"sku":"9781400078639","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cf12f7a00c74230d905ea9aecbd9c71b.webp?v=1733344620","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/fatelessness-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}