About the book: 2014 / Writers... In the 19th century they were called “masters of thoughts” (A.S. Pushkin), because with their creations they had a huge influence on the minds of their contemporaries. For example, F.M. was called “the conscience of the people.” Dostoevsky and L.N. Tolstoy. In the twentieth century, writers continued their mission: they denounced social inequality, spoke about the danger of emerging totalitarianism, about the “alienation” and loneliness of man in modern society. Kafka and Camus, Platonov and Orwell, Sartre and Salinger wrote about this. And today, in the 21st century, writers in their work raise the most pressing social, moral and ethical problems. Our book tells about the most famous representatives of world literature, about their work and fate.