Beware of Pity

'Zweig's fictional masterpiece' GUARDIAN'An intoxicating, morally shaking read... A real reminder of what fiction can do best' ALI SMITH 'It's just a masterpiece. When I read it I thought, how is it that I don't already know about this?' WES ANDERSON_______________The only novel written by one of the most popular writers of the twentieth centuryIn 1913, young second lieutenant Hofmiller discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance-so begins a series of visits, motivated by pity, which relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope.Stefan Zweig's unforgettable novel is a devastating depiction of the betrayal of both honour and love, amid the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Zweig
• Assisted by: Lezard Nicholas (Introduction), Anthea Bell (Translation), Bell Anthea (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781805330226
• ISBN: 978-1-80533-022-6
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Pushkin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, Classic fiction: general and literary