Bibliograph

Fiasco, Imre Kertész ; translation by Tim Wilkinson

Type

Label

Fiasco, Imre Kertész ; translation by Tim Wilkinson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Fiasco

Oclc number

646113547

Responsibility statement

Imre Kertész ; translation by Tim Wilkinson

Summary

A young man returns home from a Nazi concentration camp to find his country has been taken over by the Soviets

Table Of Contents

Chapter One -- Arrival -- Certain preliminaries -- Koves dreams. Then he is called for. -- Customs inspection -- Chapter Two -- On waking the next day. Preliminaries. Koves sits down. -- Continuation -- Daybreak. Motor trucks. Koves speaks his mind. -- Dwelling -- Chapter Three -- Dismissal -- Koves's victories -- Continuation (a further victory) -- Continuation (a yet further victory) -- South Seas -- Washing of waves -- Chapter Four -- Permanent residence permit. Landlady, house-man -- The man with the dog -- The South Seas: a strange acquaintance -- Chapter Five -- Matutinal intermezzo -- Accident. Girlfriend -- Koves is summoned. Forced to have second thoughts -- Chapter Six -- In a South Seas refraction --Literature. Trials and tribulations -- Continuation -- Turning-point. Passion. Back to earth -- Chapter Seven -- Change of direction -- "I, the executioner ..." -- Grounds, objections and a sad final conclusion -- Chapter Eight -- Koves returns. Changes. The drowning man -- Letter. Consternation -- L -- Chapter Nine -- We reach the end

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