John Gardner - Autumn Light. Gift book bound in leather.

John Champlin Gardner is an American writer. He is best known for his novel Grendel, a retelling of the myth of Beowulf.

"Autumn Light"

is a novel by the largest American novelist marked by high artistic skill. By colliding two completely different stories in a single narrative — everyday, everyday and criminal sensational, the writer shows the deep inconsistency of the socio-psychological and moral climate of today's America and raises important questions of life, art, ethics.

The clash of not just two ideologies, but also two equally strong characters.

Fierce idealism is against joyful conformity.

Is militancy really a law of human nature, or does it pervert the very essence of the human soul?

John Gardner does not give a direct answer to these questions, offering the reader to reflect on the obvious - and the deep...