Name: Un Instante de Silencio en el Paredón (in Spanish)
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Author: Imre Kertész
ISBN: 9788425421259

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Un Instante de Silencio en el Paredón (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Imre Kertész

Publisher

Herder

Topic

II Guerra Mundial y guerra fría

Year

1999

Language

Spanish

Pages

144

Format

Paperback

ISBN

842542125X

ISBN13

9788425421259

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Un Instante de Silencio en el Paredón (in Spanish)"

Los ensayos que componen esta obra constituyen una aproximación radical a la realidad europea del siglo XX vivida desde muy cerca. Al analizar el Holocausto, el acontecimiento más sangrante de la historia reciente, el autor se basa tanto en la propia experiencia como en décadas de reflexión, y aporta una luz decisiva al cuadro que compone la humanidad contemporánea. Pero en este libro no sólo habla una voz que ha vivido la experiencia, sino también una voz europea enmarcada en un arco geográfico que comparte un patrimonio cultural y espiritual. Kerstész habla de su propio país, Hungría, sobre su capital, sobre el concepto de patria en general y sobre algunas de las figuras más importantes de la literatura húngara, tales como Márai, Radnóti o Krúdy.

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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