They have an “endless odyssey”: they can neither turn back, nor go back, nor call for help, the “loxodrome” speed of Aniara’s movement is also not so great that they could hope that during their lifetime Aniara could fly to the constellation to which she is directed nose.Ĭaught in a state of forced idleness, people are looking for something to occupy themselves with. Fell into apathy after the surging panic and despair, the passengers gradually come to their senses. Tacking among them along a broken trajectory, she loses control (the “Saba-aggregate” fails) and, having completely lost her course, rushes into the void in the direction of the unattainable constellation Lyra.įortunately, all the main components of the goldder ("heat pipe, light pipe and gravity system") are in order. Turning sharply and thus avoiding a collision with an asteroid, Aniara falls into a stream of stones. Mimorob and Mima, along with eight thousand passengers and crew, are on board the "goldonder" Aniar, making a routine flight from Doris (the former Earth) to the Tundra Planet (as Mars is now called in the forty-third century). The lyrical "I", on behalf of which the narration is being conducted, is "mimorob", a nameless engineer who serves Mima - a machine that reproduces sensual images captured from the most remote corners of the universe. Scandinavian literature summaries - 2023 Short summary - Aniara Harry Martinson
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