About the book: 1999 / The book is the literary basis of the film of the same name, which won nine Oscar awards in 1997, but, as is often the case, it is much broader and more fascinating than it (for example, the fates of the main characters here can be traced back to 1958, in contrast to the screen version, which ends in 1945). According to reviews of overseas literary critics, this is “an adventure, detective, love and philosophical novel at the same time».