To see the world with both eyes open is the work of the great writers. I think particularly of Dostoyevsky, his entire work, but if I have to point to one book, it would be "The Brothers Karamazov".
Every great book does this: to look as sincerely as possible into ourselves and the world around us. It is sometimes painful, sometimes comforting - when I meet the genius of a great writer, it comforts me -, but in any case, it deepens our humanity.
To see the world with both eyes open is the work of the great writers. I think particularly of Dostoyevsky, his entire work, but if I have to point to one book, it would be "The Brothers Karamazov".
Every great book does this: to look as sincerely as possible into ourselves and the world around us. It is sometimes painful, sometimes comforting - when I meet the genius of a great writer, it comforts me -, but in any case, it deepens our humanity.