'I had never heard of Zweig until six or seven years ago, as allthe
books began to come back into print, and I more or less by chance
bought a copy of Beware of Pity. I immediately lovedthis book, his
one, big, great novel-and suddenly there weredozens more in front
of me waiting to read.' Wes Anderson The Society of the Crossed
Keys contains Wes Anderson's selections from the writings of the
great Austrian author Stefan Zweig, whose life and work inspired
The Grand Budapest Hotel. A CONVERSATION WITH WES ANDERSON Wes
Anderson discusses Zweig's life and work with Zweig biographer
George Prochnik. THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY Selected extracts from
Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday, an unrivalled evocation of
bygone Europe. BEWARE OF PITY An extract from Zweig's only novel, a
devastating depictionof the torment of the betrayal of both honour
and love. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN THE LIFE OF A WOMAN One of Stefan
Zweig's best-loved stories in full-a passionate tale of gambling,
love and death, played out against the stylish backdrop of the
French Riviera in the 1920s. "I defy anyone to read these tasters
of Zweig's work without being compelled to read on. Pushkin might
as well do their readers all a favour and sell The Society of the
Crossed Keys with a complete Zweig back catalogue." Independent
'The World of Yesterday is one of the greatest memoirs of the
twentieth century, as perfect in its evocation of the world Zweig
loved, as it is in its portrayal of how that world was destroyed.'
-- David Hare 'Beware of Pity is the most exciting book I have ever
read...a feverish, fascinating novel' -- Antony Beevor 'One of the
joys of recent years is the translation into English of Stefan
Zweig's stories.'--Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with the
Amber Eyes Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna. He studied in
Berlin and Vienna and, between the wars was an international
bestselling author. With the rise of Nazism, he left Austria, and
lived in London, Bath, New York and Brazil, where in 1942 he and
his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Wes
Anderson's films include Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal
Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr
Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom. He directed and wrote the screenplay for
The Grand Budapest Hotel.
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