Short story books set in Austria (6)
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Amok by Stefan Zweig EN
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A new pocket edition of this Conradian tale of maddening desire, from the master of the novella On a sweltering ocean-liner travelling from India to Europe a passenger tells his story: the tale of a doctor in the Dutch East Indies torn between his duty and the pull of his emotions; a tale of power and desire, pride and shame and a headlong flight into folly. This is one the most intense and incisive of the novellas which brought Stefan Zweig to worldwide fame.
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The Governess and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig EN
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These four stories illustrate the wide range of Zweig’s subject matter dating from quite early in his career as a writer of fiction (The Governess, rooted in a world of strict Edwardian morality), to late (Did He Do It?, almost an English detective story set near Bath, where Zweig lived in exile). In addition The Miracles of Life, set in 16th-century Antwerp during the time of Protestant iconoclasm, and Downfall of a Heart both address the theme of anti-Semitism. Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Mon... continue
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The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by Stefan Zweig EN
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The collected stories of Stefan Zweig, one of the most popular writers of short fiction of the twentieth century.
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Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig EN
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One of Stefan Zweig's best loved stories in a brand new translation by Anthea Bell, along with three other Zweig tales never before translated into English.
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Verwirrung der Gefühle by Stefan Zweig DE
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»Wir erleben Myriaden Sekunden, und doch wird’s immer nur eine, eine einzige, die unsere ganze innere Welt in Wallung bringt« – und es ist jene Sekunde, an die sich der 60-jährige Englischprofessor erinnert, als er die ihm gewidmete Festschrift durchsieht, in der so viele Namen stehen, aber der eine fehlt: der Name jenes Mannes, der sein Schicksal bestimmte. Die Erinnerung ruft ihn in seine Jugend zurück, in seine Studienzeit, als eine brillante Vorlesung seine Leidenschaft für das Lernen weckte – und eine eigentümliche Faszination für den... continue
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The Invisible Collection ; Buchmendel by Stefan Zweig EN
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THE INVISIBLE COLLECTION and BUCHMENDEL are two of Stefan Zweig's most compelling novellas, linked by the theme of obsession. Zweig explores the nature of desire in showing us two lives led in the single- minded pursuit of art and literature, of existential truth against the background of a disintegrating and corrupt Europe.