This book gives a detailed introduction to the world classics especially Russian. Read this book if you are not familiar with classics.
Some of the books that are mentioned in this book:
1. The lady with the dog - Anton Chekhov
2. White nights
3. Short stories - ward no 6, The Nameday party, The Grasshopper, The Black Monk, The Huntsman, The Sleepy, The Seizure, A Dreary Story, Gooseberries, A Medical case with the bishop, Twenty six men and the girl, The Mother
4. The old woman Izergil by Maxim Gorky
5. Dead Souls, Taras Bulba, The Nose by Nikolai Gogol
6. Crime and Punishment
7. The world of Renowned Nose - Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
8. Vagogh letters to Theo
9. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
10. The old man and the Sea
11. The old man and the boy
12. The book of Disquit - Fernado Pessoa
13. The year of death of Ricardo Reis
14, Ways of Seeing, G - John Berger
15. The man who counted - Malba Tahan (Translation - மனிதன் by கயல்விழி from அகல் பதிப்பகம்)
15. Invisibile Cities - Italo Calvino
16. Hokussai Manga
17. Wolf Totem by Jlang Rong(Man Asian Literary Prize)
18. ஜே ஜே சில குறிப்புகள் by சுந்தர ராமசாமி
Some Authors: Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath, Isabel Allende, J Krishnamoorthi, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The author covered Russian, American, China and other language authors as well. There are many Indian especially Tamil books that is not been celebrated as much we celebrate other language books. This book might be fulfilled if the Author included a section for Indian Authors as well.