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The Cremator by Ladislav Fuks (Paperback, 2016)

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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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
ISBN-13
9788024632902
eBay Product ID (ePID)
226750789

Product Key Features

Book Title
The Cremator
Author
Ladislav Fuks
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Horror
Number of Pages
180 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
191mm
Item Width
133mm
Item Weight
144g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Ladislav Fuks
Series Title
Modern Czech Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture
Czechia

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