Abstract: At a time when postcolonial, post-Holocaust and post-memory thoughts intersect, the works of I. Kertész, J.M.Coetzee and W.G. Sebald stand out through a specific use of the fictional tool.
Keyword: W. G. Sebald, J. M. Coetzee, Imre Kertész, fiction, conscience historique, réalisme, expérience, mémoire, république des lettres, postcolonial, post-shoah, tradition, tragédie, catharsis