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016	7		_a016257242 _2 Uk
020			_a9781612192024
050	0	0	_aPH3281.K3815 _bZ46 2013
082	1		_a92 KER _2
100	1		_aKertesz, Imre _d, 1929-
245	1	0	_aDossier K. _b: a memoir _c/ Imre Kertész ; translation by Tim Wilkinson
260			_aNew York _b: Melville House _c, 2013
300			_a217 p. _c; 21 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references
520			_aThe first and only memoir from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in the form of an illuminating, often funny, and often combative interview--conducted by the author of himself. Dossier K is Imre Kertész's response to the hasty biographies and profiles that followed his 2002 Nobel Prize, an attempt to set the record straight. But, as befits Kertész, it's a beautifully roundabout way of going straight: Kertész faces and interrogates himself about the issues and events that have long preoccupied him, while also dealing with the questions that really annoy him (such as, "Is your work autobiographical?"). The result is an extraordinary self-portrait, in which Kertész recounts memories of his childhood in Budapest; the years that lead up to the Second World War and his first encounters with anti-Semitism; the incredible forged record of his death in Buchenwald that may in fact have saved his life; his release from the camps and his return to his family; Hungary's Rákosi and Kádár regimes and the terror, hypocrisy, and absurdity they entailed; his thoughts about what other writers have written about the Holocaust; his two marriages; and his long development as a writer. This is a surprising and provocative autobiography that delves into questions about the legacy of the Holocaust, fiction and reality, and what Kertész calls "the wonderful burden of being responsible for yourself.
546			_aTranslated from the Hungarian to English.
600	1	4	_aKertesz, Imre _d(, 1929-)
650		4	_aAuthors, Hungarian _y-21st century _v--Interviews
650		4	_aBiography
700	1		_aWilkinson, Tim
942			_cMO
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