“Remarkable . . . an original and chilling quality, surpassed only
by Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz” —The New York Review of
Books
“In his writing Imre Kertész explores the possibility of continuing
to live and think as an individual in an era in which the
subjection of human beings to social forces has become increasingly
complete. [He] upholds the fragile experience of the individual
against the barbaric arbitrariness of history.” —The Swedish
Academy, The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002
“[S]hould be savored slowly . . . Only through exploring its
subtlety and detail will the reader come to appreciate such an
ornate and honest testimony to the human spirit.” —The Washington
Times
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