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After "Why Read", "France's most avid reader" discusses "What is a Masterpiece" again. What is a "masterpiece"? When did "masterpiece", a medieval term for describing works of art, begin to be used in literature? Are there standards or even recipes for judging literary masterpieces? How do you know if a book is a masterpiece? Who will confirm? Are masterpieces immortal? Do people still need masterpieces today? ... This book attempts to answer the numerous questions about masterpieces and to provide interesting and useful reflections on this daunting concept. Its purpose is to remove the sacred aura of masterpieces and understand what truly constitutes a literary masterpiece. From Homer, Heine, Beckett to Thomas Bernhard, Danziger travels between classics and contemporary works. In the book, you can see not only his extraordinary insights on Proust, but also his unexpected analysis and comments on Joyce.