Stefan's Zweig's posthumously-published Journey into the Past
(Widerstand der Wirklichkeit) is a beautiful meditation on the
effect of time on passion-one of the most intense and compelling
works from a master of the novella form. Published by Pushkin Press
with a cover designed by David Pearson and Clare Skeats as part of
a new range of Stefan Zweig paperbacks. Kept away for nine years by
the First World War Ludwig has finally returned home, reunited at
last with the woman he had so passionately loved, and who had
promised to wait for him. Previously divided by wealth and class,
both are now married and much changed by their experiences.
Confronted with an uncertain future, and still haunted by the past,
they discover whether their love has survived hardships, betrayals,
and the lapse of time. Zweig's long-lost final novella- recently
discovered in manuscript form-is a poignant examination of the
angst of nostalgia and the fragility of love.. 'Journey into the
Past is vintage Stefan Zweig lucid, tender, powerful and
compelling.' - Chris Schuler, Independent 'Zweig belongs with three
very different masters who each perfected the challenging art of
the short story and the novella: Maupassant, Turgenev and Chekhov.'
- Paul Bailey Translated from the German by Anthea Bell, Stefan
Zweig's Journey into the Past is published by Pushkin Press. Stefan
Zweig (1881-1942) was born in Vienna, into a wealthy
Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was
first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Zweig
travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and was an
international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas
including Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok and Fear. In 1934,
with the rise of Nazism, he moved to London, where he wrote his
only novel Beware of Pity. He later moved on to Bath, taking
British citizenship after the outbreak of the Second World War.
With the fall of France in 1940 Zweig left Britain for New York,
before settling in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found
dead in an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available
from Pushkin Press.
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