Codzienność przyszłości, czyli pytanie o życie wieczne
Everyday life of the future or the question of eternal life

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims at analyzing the question of immortality in the context of everyday life. The exemplary works include the ones written by contemporary Russian fantasy and science fiction authors, who deploy the relevant motifs: Vladimir Sorokin (Day of the Oprichnik, Kremlin Made of Sugar, Manaraga), Viktor Pelevin (The Helmet of Horror, Love for three Zuckerbrins), Anna Starobinets (The Living), Boris Akunin (Happy end), Dmitry Glukhovsky (The Future) and the film of Alexander Zeldovich (and Sorokin as the scriptwriter) entitled Target. Regardless of the applied convention the authors indicate that immortality is a curse for humankind for many reasons. Instead of trying to become God human beings should focus on retaining the already existing reality.

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