Blumen für Algernon

A masterpiece of gripping brilliance ... heart-wrenching and absolutely brilliant. The thrilling and harrowing story of the intellectually disabled Charlie Gordon, who gains extraordinary intelligence through an operation, is one of the most successful classics of science fiction. The award-winning novel has been translated into 27 languages, sold and read millions of times, and adapted into a film titled "Charly." Charlie Gordon, initially barely able to read, undergoes surgery for research purposes and subsequently develops exceptional intelligence; he eventually surpasses even the professors conducting the experiment intellectually. Among his friends is the mouse Algernon – the first living being successfully treated with the same method. However, with these overwhelming abilities, Charlie the genius also faces his first problems – in the bakery where he used to work, with his family, who he now discovers never accepted him, and in his interactions with women, which he has an inexplicable fear of. When Charlie is to be showcased as an attraction at a professional conference, he flees along with Algernon. Shortly thereafter, the first signs of decline appear in the mouse's behavior, and Charlie fears that he too will not be spared.