The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig author Alexander Starritt translator Anthea Bell translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Published:27th May '21
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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.
"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
ISBN: 9781782277071
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384 pages