“The zone of interest”: honouring the Holocaust victims

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doi:10.18172/jes.3423

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Aída Díaz Bild University of La Laguna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.3423

Palabras clave:

Holocausto, Martin Amis, "The Zone of Interest", Sonder, héroe cómico, Primo Levi

Resumen

Amis siempre ha encontrado la cuestión de la excepcionalidad del Holocausto fascinante y retoma el tema en “The Zone of Interest”. Tras analizar cómo la enormidad del Holocausto condiciona la representación literaria y el acercamiento de Amis a éste, el presente artículo se centra en una de las principales voces de la novela, Szmul, el jefe del Sonderkommando, formado por prisioneros judíos que eran forzados a limpiar las cámaras de gas y desprenderse de los cuerpos. A través de él confrontamos directamente los horrores del Holocausto. Uno de los grandes logros de Amis es precisamente que humaniza y rehabilita la figura del Sonder al transformar a Szmul en un héroe cómico que, a pesar de las atrocidades que presencia cada día, reafirma el valor incondicional de la vida y lucha por encontrarle sentido a su terrible situación. La novela está dedicada al escritor y superviviente del Holocausto Primo Levi, cuya voz se escucha a lo largo del texto.

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