Sorstalansag [Fatelessness].
Hungarian Edition of Sorstalansag; Signed by Imre Kertesz
Sorstalansag [Fatelessness].
KERTESZ, Imre.
$350.00
Item Number: 72014
Budapest: Szepirodalmi, 1975.
Second Hungarian edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
"Sorstalanság" [Fateless] is a semi-autobiographical story about a 15-year-old Hungarian György sent to Auschwitz and Buchenwald. He's forced to become a man, finds happiness in the middle of hatred, and learns what it really means to be Jewish. Made into a well-received motion picture.