press review
WAR AND WAR IN HUNGARY
In his interview with Elżbieta Sobolewska (“Literatura na Świecie”, 9-10/2005) the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai says that there are no victors in life – all of us are losers. In his work he tries to take the side of the degraded, the outcasts, the dropouts. He states clearly that mankind is not capable of attaining happiness, it can be merely stuck in its illusion, which will nevertheless fade away sooner or later. Krasznahoraki’s pessimism is close to Arthur Schopenhauer’s and Emil Cioran’s attitude towards humanity – it is outright and heartfelt, not an artistic pose at all.