Fateless
by Imre Kertész; Jin Il Yoo (translation)
Original title: Sorstalansag
Korean title: 운명
publisher: Mineumsa
Hardcover; size: 132 * 225 mm; 316 pages.
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About This Book
This is Volume 340 of the Minumsa World Literature Series. *Fatelessness*, the representative work of Imre Kertész’s *Destiny Tetralogy*, is a profound and meaningful narrative based on his personal experiences as a Holocaust survivor. It also established the concept of "literature after Auschwitz" and earned the author the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Imre Kertész, a Hungarian Jew who was a child when he was sent to the Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Zeitz concentration camps, completed this work after thirteen years of writing, following a long period of silence. Since its publication, *Fatelessness* has been regarded as one of the most reflective novels arising from World War II, a powerful critique of inhumanity, and a deep exploration of the human condition.
The novel follows a fourteen-year-old boy named György, who, while living in Budapest, is suddenly dragged from a bus and thrust into the brutal, inhumane conditions of the infamous Auschwitz camp, followed by Buchenwald and Zeitz. It contrasts his devastating experiences with the quiet moments of daily life and the small happinesses he finds, raising profound questions about the minimal conditions necessary for a person to remain human in the most dehumanizing of worlds.
Contrary to what one might expect from the brutal existence in the concentration camps, György’s calm reflections on his time there reveal not despair, but acceptance and a sense of contentment. Through this, Kertész makes us confront the essence of the fate bestowed upon us and the dangers inherent in the individual pursuit of freedom. The author’s intense personal experience, where he never forgot Auschwitz even while writing, is strongly felt throughout the novel.
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