Beware of Pity
Stefan Zweig author Anthea Bell translator Nicholas Lezard editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Published:3rd Aug '23
Should be back in stock very soon
'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
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The only novel written by one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century
In 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.
'It's just a masterpiece. When I read it I thought, how is it that I don't already know about this?' - Wes Anderson
'Zweig's fictional masterpiece' - The Guardian
'It really touched me. I'm not an easy crier, not at all. But this book was one of the few moments that I found myself sobbing. It was a knife to my heart' - Shira Haas, star of the Netflix hit series 'Unorthodox'
'The novel I'll really remember reading this year is Stefan Zweig's frighteningly gripping Beware of Pity, first published in 1939 ... and part of the ongoing, valiant reprinting by Pushkin Press of Zweig's collected oeuvre; an intoxicating, morally shaking read about human responsibilities and a real reminder of what fiction can do best' - Ali Smith
'An unremittingly tense parable about emotional blackmail, this is a book which turns every reader into a fanatic' - Julie Kavanagh, Intelligent Life (The Economist)
ISBN: 9781805330226
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464 pages