This document contains excerpts from the novel "Fatelessness" by Imre Kertész, translated from Hungarian by Tim Wilkinson. The text includes biographical details about Kertész, noting his experience as a youth in Buchenwald, and a translator's note about Wilkinson's background. The core of the excerpts presents narrative sections from the book, detailing a young Jewish boy's experiences in Budapest during World War II, his father's conscription into a labor camp, his own eventual forced labor and subsequent transport to and incarceration in concentration camps like Auschwitz, Zeitz, and Buchenwald. The narrative follows his observations of camp life, interactions with other prisoners and guards, and reflections on his identity and the nature of fate and freedom upon his return home, including a challenging conversation with an uninformed public about his experiences.

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