About the book: 2010 / The largest German prose writer of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner in literature, Hermann Hesse is known in Russia primarily as the author of "Siddhartha", "Steppenwolf" ", "Bead Games", stories and fairy tales. This book contains critical essays by the classic on world literature, on the fate of books and spiritual values ​​in the 20th century. They are dedicated to the works of writers and philosophers from Germany, Austria, France, England, Russia, as well as Spain and China. A significant part of the texts is published in Russian for the first time.