The Cremator - Couverture souple

Fuks, Ladislav

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 802463290X ISBN 13 : 9788024632902

Editeur : Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic, 2016

Synopsis

"The devil's neatest trick is to persuade us that he doesn't exist."--Giovanni Papini

It is a maxim that both rings true in our contemporary world and pervades this tragicomic novel of anxiety and evil set amid the horrors of World War II. As a gay man living in a totalitarian, patriarchal society, noted Czech writer Ladislav Fuks identified with the tragic fate of his Jewish countrymen during the Holocaust. The Cremator arises from that shared experience. Fuks presents a grotesque, dystopian world in which a dutiful father, following the strict logic of his time, liberates the souls of his loved ones by destroying their bodies--first the dead, then the living. As we watch this very human character--a character who never ceases to believe that he is doing good--become possessed by an inhuman ideology, the evil that initially permeates the novel's atmosphere concretizes in this familiar family man. A study of the totalitarian mindset with stunning resonance for today, The Cremator is a disturbing, powerful work of literary horror.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ladislav Fuks (1923-94) was a Czech writer of primarily psychological fiction. His novels include Mr. Theodore Mundstock.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 802463290X
• ISBN 13: 9788024632902
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 180
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• Personne responsable: non disponible