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Igor Klekh – How the Great Novels Were Written
This book by acclaimed writer Igor Klekh compiles 100 essays on the classics of world literature and their masterpieces, originally created for the popular "100 Great Novels" series published by Veche. Klekh approaches literature as a unified force field, where everything connects with everything else, and every author influences every other. He argues that any work reveals its creator, while the author’s personality, in turn, helps unlock the motivation and meaning behind the work. Authorship may be anonymous, as in folklore, but no creativity can be impersonal—a painting cannot paint itself, and meanings do not just lie on the road. They must be found, extracted, shaped, and grown. That is the purpose of writers, artists, musicians, and philosophers. This book is addressed to anyone interested in the biographies and destinies of literary geniuses and can be useful for studying the history of world literature.
