Толстой, Беккет, Флобер и другие. 23 очерка о мировой литературе

John Maxwell Coetzee was the first writer to win the Booker Prize twice, in 1983 for The Life and Times of Michael K. and in 1999 for the novel "Disgrace". In 2003 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. "Describing the weaknesses and shortcomings of people, the writer reveals a divine spark in a human being," the Swedish Academy said in a statement. The famous South African author, an experienced and insightful critic, Coetzee collected his best essays in one collection. Reflecting on the work of the world's greatest literary minds, from Daniel Defoe and Johann Goethe to Irene Nemirovsky and Philip Roth, the writer in a certain sense challenges the modern man, who seems to have already found the answers to all questions.