Lázár Ervin - A white tigris

Ervin Lázár's only novel for adults, published in 1971, explores the nature of power. More precisely, the personality-distorting effect of power. And although through the figure of the white tiger, the fantastic, the fairy tale and the miracle pass into everyday reality, this narrative is primarily a moral (as well as historical-political) parable.

What happens when a person - like the young engineer in the novel, Gábor Makos - becomes the possessor of unlimited power? How do you use this opportunity to change your life and that of your fellow human beings? Are you living with it or abusing it? Where is the limit? What kind of moral tests must he meet - until the very existence of morality and the freedom of choice become questionable?

The questions of Ervin Lázár's prose experiment go beyond the historical and social framework of their creation, the defeated revolution of 1956 and the everyday dictatorship - the overwhelming eternal actuality of his dilemmas makes it an unforgettable read.