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Zusatztext "As much in his novellas as in his short stories! the Austrian writer’s psychological acuity brought his protagonists and their dilemmas vividly to life... A rediscovery of Zweig through this book gives an enlightening perspective on the past century and how we got where we are today." — BlogCritics.org Burning Secret 'Breathtaking ... the final sentence is unlike anything I have ever read before' Nicholas Lezard! Guardian A Chess Story 'Perhaps the best chess story ever written! perhaps the best about any game' Economist Fear 'Brilliant! unusual and haunting ... Stefan Zweig's time of oblivion is over for good' Salman Rushdie! The New York Times Confusion 'A marvellously poised account of misunderstood motives! thwarted love! and sublimated desires' Robert Macfarlane! TLS Journey into the Past 'Vintage Stefan Zweig--lucid! tender! powerful and compelling ' Independent Informationen zum Autor Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 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. Between the wars! Zweig 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 left Austria! and lived in London! Bath and New York - a period during which he produced his most celebrated works: his only novel! Beware of Pity! and his memoir! The World of Yesterday. He eventually settled 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 Translations previously published separately 2002-2013.Five of Stefan Zweig's most powerful novellas, containing some of his most famous and best-loved work Zusammenfassung Five of Stefan Zweig's most powerful novellas, containing some of his most famous and best-loved work...
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"As much in his novellas as in his short stories, the Austrian writer's psychological acuity brought his protagonists and their dilemmas vividly to life... A rediscovery of Zweig through this book gives an enlightening perspective on the past century and how we got where we are today." - BlogCritics.org
Burning Secret
'Breathtaking ... the final sentence is unlike anything I have ever read before' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian
A Chess Story
'Perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game' Economist
Fear
'Brilliant, unusual and haunting ... Stefan Zweig's time of oblivion is over for good' Salman Rushdie, The New York Times
Confusion
'A marvellously poised account of misunderstood motives, thwarted love, and sublimated desires' Robert Macfarlane, TLS
Journey into the Past
'Vintage Stefan Zweig--lucid, tender, powerful and compelling ' Independent
