Lorant_the_Curious
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다른 문화에 대한 나의 관심
Now, I think that the first thoughts that emanate from a person's mind are along the lines of: "X has beautiful cities!" or "Y has intriguing culinary practices!" but I am somewhat different.
All of us are human beings and we share lots of practices. We all cook food, we all sleep, we all compose music, we all have unique forms of transportation, we all mourn our dead and we all have our stories to tell. Though each of our countries do it differently, the core idea remains. What I find the most riveting part about other cultures is the similarities two cultures can have. Take the Hungarian outlaws (betyars) and Japanese samurai for instance. Both of them being figures in our histories that represent the old, traditional societies that used to exist as a way to critique modernization and advancement. The two have nothing to do with each other as in real life, there was no physical interaction between them but musing about it reveals that they are not too distinct after all.
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I have multiple. My favourite author from my country is István Örkény who was the trailblazer of grotesque prose in Hungary. He famously wrote Tóték (The Tóth Family if we want to translate it to English) which is a surreal yet gripping piece of literature about how a domineering person can change an entire family's life in a matter of weeks. István Örkény himself went through a lot of difficult situations in his life, such as the Second World War, the Rákosi-dictatorship in the 50s and of course the Revolution of 1956 which is exactly why he wrote something like this.
If I have to mention at least one author from another country, I would say Upton Sinclair. His portfolio includes books such as "King Coal", "The Jungle" and "Oil!". Sinclair was one of the many individuals who exposed corruption, working conditions and the harsh realities of society in the United States during the Progressive Era.