World literature is deep and multifaceted, but at the same time its value is gradually fading away in the eyes of new generations. Nevertheless, in the world fund there are no less than ten fascinating and unusual books, which even a person who is far from a love of reading is obliged to familiarize himself with.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince"
Most likely, you have heard more than once about this supposedly children's fairy tale-parable, which in reality is a work for all ages. This unique book with author's illustrations by Antoine de Saint-Exupery himself reveals the most difficult issues in the life of any person, such as love and friendship, loyalty and duty, good and evil, and much more.
The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome Salinger
Another world-famous work, which is read not only by children and adolescents, but also by people of mature age. This is a story with an incredibly poignant story about the growing up of a young man who initially does not understand his purpose at all and independently comprehends various secrets of life. Sound familiar? Of course. Already more than one generation of readers finds in the book answers to questions about life self-determination that are exciting from childhood.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby"
This book is a vivid reflection of life and the constant collision of rich and poor. Fitzgerald shows people with completely different personalities. Some of them, with a completely pure soul, are not able to spoil even money and fame, and someone is ready for anything, just to take their place in society, without ceremony with the people around them. And all this unfolds against the backdrop of an incredibly colorful era - the “roaring” 20s of the United States of the last century.
Oscar Wilde "Portrait of Dorian Gray"
An incredibly deep romance with a fantastic plot, perceived as something that actually happened. In his only and main work, Oscar Wilde demonstrates how terrible the inner demons of an ordinary person can be, how complex and multifaceted a character can be, how to relate to the vices of modern society, and much more.
Erich Maria Remarque "Three Comrades"
Everyone has read works about the war at least once in his life, but very few of them tell not so much about the battles themselves, but about the characters and fates of people who have gone through this terrible time. In the center of the work are three young men who went through the war, but managed to face not only violence and cruelty, but also friendship, honor and true love. Three Comrades is a saga about an unbridled will to live even in a world full of contradictions.
Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years of Solitude
This book is a treasure, a representative of a unique genre of magical realism, telling about the history of the Buendía family, whose representatives had to put up with loneliness for almost a century. Their tragic destinies intertwined the experiences of the author himself, as well as realistic images and characters that will be close and understandable to any reader.
Ayn Rand "Atlas Shrugged"
One of the greatest works in the history of literature in the United States and around the world, written by Russian émigré Alice Rosenbaum, who took the name Ayn Rand for herself. The plot of the book is devoted to various economic and political problems of the United States of the last century, in the center of which are the main characters. At the same time, the novel raises important philosophical questions of morality, which always remain relevant in a tense social environment.
Gregory David Roberts "Shantaram"
This exciting novel is the confession of a person who has faced a variety of problems in love, friendship, injustice and cruelty in society throughout his life. At the same time, the book shows that with all the imperfection of the world, everyone is able to perk up and look at life from a different angle.
Mikhail Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"
This extraordinary novel combines satire, fantasy and even biblical motives. Many themes are intertwined in it, from the eternal confrontation between good and evil and ending with the social problems of ordinary Muscovites at the beginning of the last century. Do the Devil and God exist, and if so, which of them rules the world? Is the master of his destiny a man, or is everything a foregone conclusion? The answers to these and other questions will be found by the reader of the work.
Sergey Minaev “Duhless. A Story of a Fake Man"
A modern parable about the eternal problems of wealth and poverty, the vices of society, transmitted in Russian realities. This work was stormyly received by the literary society, and the attitude towards it is very ambiguous. At the same time, the story told by Sergei Minaev will be close and understandable to most readers, raising acute social problems to which it is impossible to turn a blind eye.
