The selection of books for reading is a purely individual matter that does not tolerate common patterns. Someone loves detectives, someone novels. However, there are books that romantics and skeptics alike will find useful to read. You want to return to such books and reread, putting quotes from them in a separate piggy bank of your memory.
Flowers for Algernon. By Daniel Keyes
This book will hardly leave anyone indifferent. The point is in the technique of writing it: the author wrote in the first person, constructing phrases and whole chapters as realistically as possible as the intellect of the protagonist develops.
The bottom line: Charlie, a 32-year-old rustic guy, suffers from mental retardation, which does not prevent him from working as a janitor in a private bakery and enjoying life. One day he agrees (or rather, his parents, out of absolute indifference to their son, sign the necessary documents) to a scientific experiment to improve intelligence by surgery using a head operation. Previously, such experiments were carried out only on mice. One such mouse - Algernon, becomes Charlie's friend, communication with her helps him to survive all the changes that are taking place. And the changes are obvious: Charlie's IQ level rises from 68 to 185 in a few months. But his mental acuity brings some problems: Charlie realizes that his friends were not his friends at all (he was the subject of ridicule for them), and life is not so simple and beautiful as it seemed to him. Soon he notices that the process has gone in the opposite direction - Algernon has become sharply stupid, which means that a similar fate awaits all participants in the experiment. In addition, Charlie has undergone mental changes - he is constantly haunted by the feeling that the stupid and awkward Charlie, as he was in the past, gloomily watches him from the corner at the most inopportune moments.
"The geographer drank the globe on drink." Author: Alexey Ivanov
For those who have not yet watched the film of the same name, it is recommended to read the book. Light humor only gives her charm. Meanwhile, the book is about the tragedy of personality. Biologist Viktor Sluzhkin cannot find himself, often drinks alcohol with problems and rushes between looking for good earnings (at the insistence of a grumpy wife) and a job that he would like himself. Having got a job as a geography teacher in an ordinary school, he will try to gain credibility with his students, and at the same time he will find pure love, which he will have to give up due to unequal age indicators (his love will be overly thoughtful high school student Masha). The book is that each person is responsible for himself in front of the realities of life.
Eleven minutes. Written by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho is a philosopher who can subtly notice human characteristics and differences. Quotes from his books are scattered across the Internet instantly.
If, when reading, you close the author's name and surname with your palm, you may get the impression that the book was written by a woman. What is 11 minutes? Exactly as long as the average sexual intercourse lasts. The main character, Maria, is beautiful, but beauty does not bring her happiness. Men want only one thing from her - to put her to bed. Trying to comprehend the meaning of existence through sex, Mary finally finds love.
For men, the book will be interesting for comprehending the mysterious female nature, women will find many erotic and melodramatic moments in the novel.
"Moron". Author: F. M. Dostoevsky
At first glance, Dostoevsky's books are difficult to comprehend. But, penetrating into their philosophy, you can discover the diversity of human destinies and characters.
The protagonist of this book is 26-year-old Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, who seems to many to be an idiot because of his spontaneity, openness and naivety. He is like a child: he sincerely loves everything he touches. However, upon close examination, this person turns out to be a person with an extremely rich inner world. His feelings are strong and deep, be it love for Nastasya Filippovna, or friendly devotion to Parfen Rogozhin. In the course of the novel, Myshkin will repeatedly prove to readers his nobility and honesty. The book is about love, friendship and deeds that a person decides for the sake of these two concepts. It is worth reading because Dostoevsky's style of describing people and events is unique in its own way.
"Loneliness on the Net." Author: Janusz Vishnevsky
More and more often people are immersed in the Internet, forgetting about real communication. So the heroes of the book: Yakub and an unnamed woman, met online. For him, life is already lost, and the correspondence with an invisible woman is a kind of suicide note in which he pours out his soul. The heroine is unhappy in marriage and clings to non-binding philosophical reflections. Both are infinitely lonely and even a meeting is not able to change this feeling. A person cannot save another from self-destruction until he himself wants to be saved.
