About the book: 2020 / Would you like Florian Illies' book "1913. “The Summer of the Whole Century” didn’t end? The author felt the same way. For years he has been searching for and collecting new and exciting stories from this incredible year. You hold the result in your hands. In the continuation of the international bestseller, the “teaser of the 20th century,” as the press once formulated it, unfolds into a large-scale diorama: old heroes are highlighted from a new side, they are joined by Fernando Pessoa, Maxim Gorky, Jack London and many other events, phenomena and people who created modernity. Expect new stories full of love and wit, so incredible that they can only be true. And try, together with the author, to find out where the summer of the whole century ends. The publishing layout is saved in a4.pdf format.