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- Book Synopsis
- 'One of the masters of the short story' Guardian 'I have to tell you - you see, this is just about the strangest experience I have been through...' These six stories of obsession, secrets, delusions and desires from one of the greatest European writers show individuals caught up in forces beyond their control - whether an art dealer agreeing to a heartbreaking deception, a soldier destroyed by war, a servant infatuated with her employer or a young boy witnessing illicit adult passions. Portraying innocence lost and lives crushed by history, each tale is a psychologically acute, startling human drama. Translated by Jonathan Katz
- About The Author
- Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna to a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. Recognition as a writer came early for Zweig; by the age of forty, he had already won literary fame. In 1934, with Nazism entrenched, Zweig left Austria for England, and became a British citizen in 1940. In 1941 he and his second wife went to Brazil, where they committed suicide. Zweig's best-known works of fiction are Beware of Pity (1939) and Chess (1942), but his most outstanding accomplishments were his many biographies, which were based on psychological interpretation.
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- ISBN
- 9780141192826
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics, (29 February 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 384
- Weight
- 214 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 209 x 129 x 19 mm
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