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Informationen zum Autor Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was born in Vienna! into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator! then as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely! living in Salzburg between the wars! and was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman! Amok and Fear. In 1934! with the rise of Nazism! he moved to London! where he wrote his only novel Beware of Pity. He later moved on to Bath! taking British citizenship after the outbreak of the Second World War. With the fall of France in 1940 Zweig left Britain for New York! before settling in Brazil! where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press. Klappentext The first hardback edition of the only novel written by one of the most popular authors of the 20th century, translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell. Stefan Zweig's novel is a devastating depiction of the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love, realised against the backdrop of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Our first hardback edition of the only novel written by one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century, translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell. Zusammenfassung An almost unbearably tense and powerful tale of unrequited love and the danger of pity! in a cloth hardback edition of the famous novel! beautifully designed by Nathan Burton and translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell.
