An edition of Sorstalanság (1975)

Être sans destin

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An edition of Sorstalanság (1975)

Être sans destin

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Fateless or Fatelessness (Hungarian: Sorstalanság, lit. 'Fatelessness') is a novel by Imre Kertész, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for literature, written between 1960 and 1973 and first published in 1975.

The novel is a semi-autobiographical story about a 14-year-old Hungarian Jew's experiences in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. The book is the first part of a trilogy, which continues in A kudarc ("Fiasco" ISBN 0-8101-1161-6) and Kaddis a meg nem született gyermekért ("Kaddish for an Unborn Child" ISBN 1-4000-7862-8).

Kertész won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2002, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history".

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Publish Date
Publisher
Actes Sud
Language
French
Pages
367

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Fateless
Fateless
2006, Vintage
in English
Cover of: Fatelessness
Fatelessness: a novel
2004, Vintage International
in English - 1st Vintage International ed
Cover of: Ming yun wu chang
Ming yun wu chang: Sorstalansag : filmforgatoko˜nyv
2004, Zuo jia chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: Être sans destin
Être sans destin
2002, Actes Sud
in French
Cover of: Roman eines Schicksallosen
Roman eines Schicksallosen: Roman
1999, Rowohlt Verlag
Paperback in German - Neuausgabe
Cover of: Être sans destin.
Être sans destin.
1998, Actes Sud, ACTES SUD
in French
Cover of: Fateless
Fateless
October 21, 1996, Hydra Books
Paperback in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published in Hungarian as: Sorstalanság, 1975.

Published in
[France]
Series
Domaine étranger -- 3589

The Physical Object

Pagination
367p. ;
Number of pages
367

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL21990568M
ISBN 10
2264033819
LibraryThing
333083
Goodreads
2957382

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2626448W
Wikidata
Q655701
BookBrainz
c2f5c696-cf39-435d-89c6-beadbe47f60a
LibraryThing
333083

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