"Reading should not entertain, but, on the contrary, make us think, not console us with sweet speeches, but help us fight for high and noble ideals," said one of the authors of the collection, Hermann Hesse. Among the favorite occupations of mankind is reading: about him, about the formation of the spiritual and moral appearance of a person, the most prominent domestic and foreign writers of the 20th century reflect on the artist's destiny in the modern world.