In the new episode of the talk show "5 Books" on the Klyuch TV channel, economist, politician, life coach, and chillosopher Irina Khakamada visited writer Alexander Tsypkin. Here, the famous guests share their perspectives on life through five works that are important to them.

They discussed working as a night watchman, Buddhism, Japanese origins, a unique perspective on philosophy, and much more that has influenced Irina Khakamada and her life.

00:00 Program intro
00:32 Irina Khakamada – PhD in economics, political activist, life coach, and a person who needs no introduction
01:03 About her first reading experience
01:31 "I was perceived as an outsider"
02:08 Working as a night watchman
03:47 About her Japanese heritage and her communist father
06:22 "For the Japanese, I'm a foreigner"
06:58 Irina Khakamada copes with all her problems thanks to books
07:29 Her first book is "War and Peace" (by Leo Tolstoy)
08:11 Is "War and Peace" a series?
10:35 Is it too early to read "War and Peace" in school?
12:10 Does Bolkonsky die on purpose in the novel? 12:45 On finding yourself
15:50 On changing your attitude toward books as you grow older
17:02 Favorite character from Irina Khakamada's novel "War and Peace"
17:47 The second book is "Siddhartha" (Hermann Hesse)
18:47 "Siddhartha never comes into your life by accident"
19:41 On Buddhism in Japan
20:10 Passion and the path in Buddhism
21:30 "I am a chillosophist"
22:59 Do you always need something new in life?
25:35 On dividing people into dark and light
28:24 The third book is "The Glass Bead Game" (Hermann Hesse)
30:18 "Ira, tell me honestly, is this your Glass Bead Game?"
31:35 On post-postmodernism and the "feuilleton era"
34:27 How to finish reading "The Glass Bead Game"?
35:59 Artificial Intelligence - A Handbook
38:07 The fourth book is "Death of a Commendatore" (Haruki Murakami)
38:59 What is Murakami's novel about?
42:54 "Haruki Murakami has no pop music"
44:00 "I philosophize in a chill style"
45:15 Irina on writing a fiction novel
46:18 The fifth book is "The New York Trilogy" (Paul Auster)
48:25 On the theory of emptiness
52:00 Quick poll from the authors
52:52 The program was prepared by

LIST OF BOOKS FROM THE ISSUE

1) "War and Peace" (Leo Tolstoy)
2) "Siddhartha" (Hermann Hesse)
3) "The Glass Bead Game" (Hermann Hesse)
4) "Death of Commendatore" (Haruki Murakami)
5) "The New York Trilogy" (Paul Auster)

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