Language:
Hungarian
Year of publication:
2002
Titel der Quelle:
Múlt és Jövö
Angaben zur Quelle:
4 (2002)
Keywords:
Kertész, Imre,
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
Abstract:
Contends that Imre Kertész's novel "Fateless" is the justification of Kant's idea that goodness deserves happiness. The novel is about the Holocaust per se, as opposed to the film "Grey Zone" (2001), which is about heroism in connection with the revolt of the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz in October 1944. "Fateless" is about everyday life in the death camp, from the point of view of a teenager. The concentration camp becomes his home, so he is alienated from the outside world. The homecoming at the end of the book shows how remorse changes into hatred, predicting that almost nobody will have the courage to "work through" the Shoah.
Note:
Appeared also in her "Pikareszk Auschwitz árnyékában" (2003) 111-141.
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