GROBOWIEC ATTYLI NA OBCYM GLOBIE: ZADANIE PÉTERA ZSOLDOSA
THE TOMB OF ATTILA ON A FOREIGN GLOBE: PÉTER ZSOLDOS’S THE MISSION

Summary/Abstract: The universalism of the underlying message of the 1960–70s science fiction places Zsoldos’s novel The Mission (Hung. A feladat) of 1970, which was written in communist Hungary, between the experiences of Eastern and Western science fiction. The historical and political circumstances combined with the author’s visible inclination towards highly regarded speculative fiction put the work on a similar footing as both the likes of the Arkady and Boris Strugatski brothers or Stanisław Lem on the one hand, and Ursula Le Guin on the other. Some authors’ genological ideas are similar as they employ the disguise of adventure space-opera both to contemplate ideas emblematic of speculative fiction and futuristic, dystopian projections. The least specific yet the most interesting in Zsoldos’s novel is his Hungarian identity, which shows up in traces of ethnic reflection relating to ideological and historiosophical dramatic issues of modern Hungary.

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