Kertész: Liquidation
Another day, another Nobel prize winner... Imre Kertész' latest novel Liquidation [amazon.com] is reviewed by Ruth Franklin in the NYTBR. In my opinion the cleverly constructed Liquidation is Kertész' best book yet. That is, since his books are very much interconnected, maybe one should regard them as a whole. Few writers have written as entertaining as Kertész on suicide, depression, Auschwitz and the business of publishing books in Eastern Europe.

(Caveat: Apparantly, the protagonist of Liquidation is called "Kingbitter" in the English translation. I suppose is a literal translation of the name "Keserü" in the original, but it sounds a bit silly, anyway.)
Malte P @ 4:55 AM |   |