“This story began on one of those days in the middle of the summer when you walk barefoot on the grass for the first time in a year and a bee stings you.” This was a sign for the hero that it was time to go on the road to search for .. He's looking for a woman he calls a fruit thief. Then he followed us, and we followed him. By train running through Paris, along rivers and plains, along the roadsides, meeting random and non-random people, learning new things, we discover the main character from different sides. Handke is able to turn any ordinary action word, thought, observation into a truly grandiose epic. “The Fruit Thief” is another unique masterpiece of his contemplative genius The author was awarded the Nobel Prize, and his books are rightfully considered modern classics.