Flowers for Algernon

7 hrs. 44 min.

Language Russian

Author Daniel Keyes

Narrator Kirill Radtsig

Description

Daniel Keyes is a famous American writer and researcher into the depths of the human mind—someone who managed to reveal the secrets of personality and psychology to readers like no one else. “Flowers for Algernon, Charlie, and I” is the story of his life, his creative path, and the origin of the characters who are now known worldwide. An exciting journey of a writer who began as a student in a medical school and faced many obstacles that stood between him and a literary career captivates from the very first lines. In this novel, everyone will be able to learn which life impressions, acquaintances, accidents, and coincidences ultimately led Keyes to create one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, “Flowers for Algernon.”

Years of reflection and work led Daniel Keyes to the creation of those cult novels that practically the whole world knows today.

“Algernon, Charlie, and I” is primarily the story behind the making of the famous “Flowers for Algernon.” The writer had to go through anxieties, failures, publishers’ rejections—and finally, triumph. What prompted Keyes to become a writer? What obstacles stood in his way? And how did the truly brilliant book, beloved by everyone, begin? He tells about it sincerely and extremely engagingly.