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PublisherSteerforth Press

ISBN-101782271775

ISBN-139781782271772

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Original LanguageGerman

Book TitleCollected Novellas of Stefan Zweig

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicPsychological, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorStefan Zweig

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight19 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-298736

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"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, "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." -- 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" -- TLS Journey into the Past "Vintage Stefan Zweig -- lucid, tender, powerful and compelling '." -- Independent, 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

Dewey Decimal833.912

SynopsisA casual introduction, a challenge to a simple game of chess, a lovers' reunion, a meaningless infidelity: from such small seeds Zweig brings forth five startlingly tense tales--meditations on the fragility of love, the limits of obsession, the combustibility of secrets and betrayal. To read anything by Zweig is to risk addiction; in this collection the power of his writing--which, with its unabashed intensity and narrative drive, made him one of the bestselling and most acclaimed authors in the world--is clear and irresistible. Each of these stories is a bolt of experience, unforgettable and unique. Five of Stefan Zweig's most powerful novellas, containing some of his most famous and best-loved work: - Burning Secret - A Chess Story - Fear - Confusion - Journey into the Past (Stand alone paperback editions of individual novellas from Pushkin and New York Review of Books will remain in print.), Five of Stefan Zweig's most powerful novellas, containing some of his most famous and best-loved work, Five of Stefan Zweig's most powerful novellas, containing some of his most famous and best-loved work A casual introduction, a challenge to a simple game of chess, a lovers' reunion, a meaningless infidelity: from such small seeds Zweig brings forth five startlingly tense tales - meditations on the fragility of love, the limits of obsession, the combustibility of secrets and betrayal. To read anything by Zweig is to risk addiction; in this collection the power of his writing - which, with its unabashed intensity and narrative drive, made him one of the bestselling and most acclaimed authors in the world - is clear and irresistible. Each of these stories is a bolt of experience, unforgettable and unique.

LC Classification NumberPT2653.W42