Tisma, Aleksander

Kapo

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ISBN 13:
9781681374390
author:
Tisma, Aleksander
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
NYRB Classics
language:
English
Publication Year:
2021
Pages:
312
Dimensions:
20.4 x 13.2 x 1.8 centimeters (0
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£14.34

Description

Aleksandar Tišma's Kapo is a devastating novel about the atrocities of WWII and the unspeakable things people did to survive. Set in post-war Yugoslavia, the book tells the story of Lamian, who made it through Auschwitz by serving his German masters, only to live on in a death-haunted world. Lamian has settled down in Banja Luka, where he has a respectable job as a superintendent in the railyard. However, when he comes across the name of Helena Lifka, a woman who was also a Yugoslav and a Jew, raped in the camp, Lamian is flooded with guilt and terror. This powerful novel explores how fear, violence, guilt, and desire are inextricably knotted together in the human breast. Through its unsparing portrayal of the human experience, Kapo offers a profound and thought-provoking exploration of survival, trauma, and redemption.

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