It's Hard to Be a Human

On a rainy Friday evening, Cambridge University professor Andrew Martin finds the solution to the world's most difficult mathematical problem. It has the potential to change the entire course of human history. But Professor Martin suddenly and mysteriously disappears. When... he is found some time later... walking down the highway without any clothing on his body, Professor Martin behaves a bit strangely. To his wife and son, he seems somehow different. To himself, everything around him appears absurd, people are pitiable, and human life is meaningless. Everyone around him invokes disgust. Everyone except Newton. The old half-blind dog. Will Claude Debussy, David Bowie, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson be able to prevent Andrew Martin from committing murder, to which he is being compelled? Is there anything that pairs better with a glass of white wine than a peanut butter sandwich? And what is this strange feeling that overwhelms him when he looks into his wife's eyes? This witty, funny, and sad book is about how hard it is to be a human. And how absolutely wonderful it is! The book was first published in Russian in 2014 under the title "People and I".