In the work of P. Corneille “The Path to Paradise. Commentaries on a Lost Manuscript" declares a new approach to such a hitherto marginal literary genre as commentary. In the absence of the text of the novel itself (lost? or perhaps not written at all), the writer has a unique opportunity to recreate a certain whole, making his way through the labyrinth. This is what, according to M. Pavic, opens “the doors to the literature of the 21st century” for P. Corneille. Foreword by Milorad Pavic.