Kaddish for an Unborn Child

Imre Kertész · 1929–2016 · Hungary

Originally Kaddis a Meg Nem Született Gyermekért (Hungarian)

Why it matters

An Auschwitz survivor explains, in one relentless unbroken sentence, why he refused to bring a child into the world he knows. Kertész's fiercest and most philosophically uncompromising book.

At a glance

A single unbroken, relentless sentence-monologue with no chapter or paragraph relief.