{"product_id":"kaddish-for-an-unborn-child-paperback","title":"Kaddish for an Unborn Child - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eImre Kert駸z\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first word in this mesmerizing novel by the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is \"No.\" It is how the novel's narrator, a middle-aged Hungarian-Jewish writer, answers an acquaintance who asks him if he has a child. It is the answer he gave his wife (now ex-wife) years earlier when she told him that she wanted one. The loss, longing and regret that haunt the years between those two \"no\"s give rise to one of the most eloquent meditations ever written on the Holocaust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Kertesz's narrator addresses the child he couldn't bear to bring into the world he ushers readers into the labyrinth of his consciousness, dramatizing the paradoxes attendant on surviving the catastrophe of Auschwitz. \u003cb\u003eKaddish for the Unborn Child\u003c\/b\u003e is a work of staggering power, lit by flashes of perverse wit and fueled by the energy of its wholly original voice. \u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Tim Wilkinson\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first word in this mesmerizing novel by the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is \"No.\" It is how the novel's narrator, a middle-aged Hungarian-Jewish writer, answers an acquaintance who asks him if he has a child. It is the answer he gave his wife (now ex-wife) years earlier when she told him that she wanted one. The loss, longing and regret that haunt the years between those two \"no\"s give rise to one of the most eloquent meditations ever written on the Holocaust. \u003cbr\u003eAs Kertesz's narrator addresses the child he couldn't bear to bring into the world he ushers readers into the labyrinth of his consciousness, dramatizing the paradoxes attendant on surviving the catastrophe of Auschwitz. Kaddish for the Unborn Child is a work of staggering power, lit by flashes of perverse wit and fueled by the energy of its wholly original voice. \u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Tim Wilkinson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765486649632,"sku":"9781400078622","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9d26a8fb07c28beb1e6289140282518c.webp?v=1780271419","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/kaddish-for-an-unborn-child-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}