Kaddish for a child not born
By: Imre Kertész ; translated by Christopher C. Wilson and Katharina M. Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Christopher C.; Wilson, Katharina M.
Publisher: Hydra Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Holocaust survivors -- Fiction; Jews -- Hungary -- Fiction; Hungary -- Fiction
Description: Imre Kertesz's novel is a tale of identity and memory - the story of a middle-aged man taking stock of his life in the everpresent shadow of the Holocaust.

The story unfolds at a retreat as the narrator, a middle-aged survivor of the Holocaust, tries to explain to a friend that he cannot bring a child into a world where the Holocaust has occurred and could occur again. In an intricate narrative, we learn of the narrator's myriad disappointments: his unsuccessful literary career, his failed marriage, his ex-wife's new family and children - children that could have been his own.

Kaddish for a Child Not Born is a deeply introspective, poetic yet unsentimental work in which a man takes stock of his own life choices and those that have been made for him by events beyond his control.