Liquidation
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"Liquidation" is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning Hungarian author Imre Kertész that explores the psychological and moral aftermath of the Holocaust in post-communist Hungary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liquidation canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Imre Kertész ⓘ |
| authorAward | Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
suicide
ⓘ
theater play within the novel ⓘ unpublished manuscript ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary ⓘ |
| explores |
legacy of totalitarianism
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limits of representation of the Holocaust ⓘ relationship between history and personal responsibility ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust literature
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
B
ⓘ
Judith ⓘ Keserű ⓘ Kingbitter ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | about 130 pages ⓘ |
| hasTone |
bleak
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ philosophical ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
intertextuality
ⓘ
multiple perspectives ⓘ nonlinear chronology ⓘ self-referential narration ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
identity
ⓘ
memory and trauma ⓘ moral aftermath of the Holocaust ⓘ psychological aftermath of the Holocaust ⓘ survivor’s guilt ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
fragmented narrative
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metafiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Hungarian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Felszámolás ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 2000s ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Vintage International ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Fatelessness
ⓘ
Kaddish for an Unborn Child ⓘ |
| setting |
Budapest
ⓘ
post-communist Hungary ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Holocaust survivors in postwar Eastern Europe
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disillusionment after the fall of communism ⓘ failure of ideology ⓘ meaning of writing after catastrophe ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| translatorToEnglish | Tim Wilkinson ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Imre Kertész