Claudio Magris (born 1939) is a famous Italian writer, essayist, public figure, and professor at the University of Triestine. Winner of the most prestigious European literary awards, candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The novel “Blind” is rightfully recognized as a landmark phenomenon of European literature at the beginning of the 21st century. This is a story about the split soul and broken fate of a man who has passed through the hell of our time and has been tested for strength by a cruel century of wars, violence and blood, a century of high ideals and illusions that have failed. An amazing interweaving of stories, plots and voices, this work captivated readers all over the world and left no one indifferent.