A HÁBORÚ ÉS A MÁGIKUS REALISTA ÍRÁSMÓD VISZONYA DARVASI LÁSZLÓ SZEREZNI EGY NŐT CÍMŰ NOVELLÁSKÖTETÉBEN
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WAR AND THE MAGIC REALIST MODE OF WRITING IN LÁSZLÓ DARVASI’S VOLUME OF SHORT STORIES GETTING HOLD OF A WOMAN

Author(s): Róbert Fancsali
Subject(s): Hungarian Literature
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: László Darvasi; Getting Hold of a Woman; magical realism; wartime situation;
Summary/Abstract: A part of László Darvasi’s prose, but mainly the novel entitled A könnymutatványosok legendája (The Legend of the Artists of Cry), is usually interpreted as magical realism. In this paper, I will prove that a volume of short stories published in 2000, so right after the mentioned book, can also be read as magical realism; however, short stories are barely taken in consideration when speaking about this genre (or writing method, as Tamás Bényei and I understand it). This volume entitled Szerezni egy nőt (Getting Hold of a Woman) presents weird love (or erotic) stories having the Yugoslav War in the background. I believe that the typical magical realist narrator’s attributes are perfectly appropriate to handle such a difficult situation when you have to speak about love (or erotic human relations at least) and war at the same time but still keep the stories somehow easy-going.

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