Name: Dossier k (in Spanish)
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Author: Imre Kertész
ISBN: 9788496834118

Type

Physical Book

Author

Imre Kertész

Author

Adán Kovacsics Meszaros

Publisher

Acantilado

Collection

El Acantilado

Year

2007

Language

Spanish

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

ISBN

8496834115

ISBN13

9788496834118

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Dossier k (in Spanish)"

El Premio Nobel supuso para Imre Kertész, entre otras cosas, un alud de entrevistas que aparecieron en los más diversos lugares. Al escritor le parecía, sin embargo, que de esos textos emanaba un retrato siempre incompleto de su vida y de su trabajo, un panorama en el que muchas cuestiones sustantivas quedaban siempre en la oscuridad. Dossier K. es una respuesta a esa inquietud; aquí, Kertész se decide a entrevistarse a sí mismo, y se obliga a responder todas las preguntas. Este libro se convierte, así, en un documento insustituible, no sólo acerca de la vida y el trabajo de Kertész, sino sobre la elusiva relación entre la historia y la literatura, entre la biografía del artista y las motivaciones de una obra genial.

Imre Kertész

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Imre Kertész (Budapest, 1929–2016) was a Hungarian writer of Jewish origin, known for his deep literary exploration of the Holocaust and totalitarian regimes. At the age of 14, he was deported to Auschwitz and later to Buchenwald, experiences that marked his work. After the war, he worked as a journalist and translator before fully dedicating himself to writing. In 2002, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for a work that preserves the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history.

Among his most notable works are Fatelessness (1975), Fiasco (1988), Kaddish for an Unborn Child (1990), and Liquidation (2003). These novels address themes such as identity, memory, and individual freedom in oppressive contexts. His literary style is characterized by precise and reflective prose, which invites deep introspection on the human condition.

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