Another scene in this novel sees the protagonist ponder about Erlkonig, and comment about "the beautiful concentration camp" where you can still be bored even though many are screaming around him.
In the author's Nobel Lecture, he explains that this novel's protagonist simply "only exists, he does not remember." The protagonist spends a bunch of time tying his shoes together before hopping into a shower but he is forced to take them off in exchange for wooden-soled ones without shoe strings. Another scene in this novel sees the protagonist ponder about Erlkonig, and comment about "the beautiful concentration camp" where you can still be bored even though many are screaming around him. Followed up with Fiasco, this novel's protagonist is sent to Buchenwald then Zeitz because he lies about his age. That protagonist, Gyorgy Koves is referenced in a sequel which describes why the narrator cannot bring a child to this world, thus making him produce the title prayer. For 10 points, name this novel that explores the impact of the Holocaust on a Hungarian, the masterpiece of Imre Kertesz.
In the author's Nobel Lecture, he explains that this novel's protagonist simply "only exists, he does not remember.
Fateless or Fatelessness or Sorstalansag