|
Showing 1 - 25 of
491 matches in All Departments
Austrian writer Stefan Zweig's final work, posted to his publisher
the day before his tragic death, brings the destruction of a
war-torn Europe vividly to life. Written as both a recollection of
the past and a warning for future generations, The World of
Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna; its seeming
permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall. A truthful and
passionate account of the horror that tore apart European culture,
The World of Yesterday gives us insight into the history of a world
brutally destroyed, written by a master at the height of his
literary talent.
|
Chess - A Novel (Hardcover)
Stefan Zweig; Translated by Anthea Bell
|
R270
R211
Discovery Miles 2 110
Save R59 (22%)
|
Ships in 5 - 10 working days
|
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions
of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest
writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take
us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England
to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on
the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and
printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile
cloth and stamped with foil. A group of passengers on a cruise ship
challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they
crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger
in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan
Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic
depiction of obsession and the price of the past.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
|
Beware of Pity (Paperback)
Stefan Zweig; Translated by Anthea Bell
|
R318
R264
Discovery Miles 2 640
Save R54 (17%)
|
Ships in 9 - 15 working days
|
'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 _______________
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.
Chess world champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean
liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains
himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game,
before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is
another passenger with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven
to insanity during Nazi imprisonment by the chess games in his
imagination. But in agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will
Dr B ultimately pay? A moving portrait of one man's madness, The
Royal Game: a chess story is a searing examination of the power of
the mind and the evil it can do.
'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.
Stefan's Zweig's Letter from an Unknown Woman and other stories
contains a new translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell of one
of his most celebrated novellas, Letter from an Unknown Woman , the
inspiration for a classic 1948 Hollywood film by Max Ophuls, as
well as three new stories, appearing in English for the first time.
A famous author receives a letter on his forty-first birthday. He
doesn't know the sender, but still the letter concerns him
intimately. Its story is earnest, even piteous: the story of a life
lived in service to an unannounced, unnoticed love. In the other
stories in this collection, a young man mistakes the girl he loves
for her sister; two erstwhile lovers meet after an age spent apart;
and a married woman repays a debt of gratitude. All four tales,
newly translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, are among
Zweig's most celebrated and compelling work-expertly paced, laced
with empathy and an unwaveringly acute sense of psychological
detail. Contents Letter from an Unknown Woman (Brief einer
Unbekannten) A Story Told in Twilight (Geschichte in der Dammerung)
The Debt Paid Late (Die spat bezahlte Schuld) Forgotten Dreams
(Vergessene Traume) 'Stefan Zweig's time of oblivion is over for
good... it's good to have him back ' - Salman Rushdie, The New York
Times 'One hardly knows where to begin in praising Zweig's work.' -
Ali Smith, TLS Book of the Year 2008 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.
The post-office girl is Christine, who looks after her ailing
mother and toils in a provincial Austrian post office in the years
just after the Great War. One afternoon, as she is dozing among the
official forms and stamps, a telegraph arrives addressed to her. It
is from her rich aunt, who lives in America and writes requesting
that Christine join her and her husband in a Swiss Alpine resort.
After a dizzying train ride, Christine finds herself at the top of
the world, enjoying a life of privilege that she had never
imagined.
But Christine's aunt drops her as abruptly as she picked her up,
and soon the young woman is back at the provincial post office,
consumed with disappointment and bitterness. Then she meets
Ferdinand, a wounded but eloquent war veteran who is able to give
voice to the disaffection of his generation. Christine's and
Ferdinand's lives spiral downward, before Ferdinand comes up with a
plan which will be either their salvation or their doom.
Never before published in English, this extraordinary book is an
unexpected and haunting foray into noir fiction by one of the
masters of the psychological novel.
|
You may like...
Untamed
Glennon Doyle
Paperback
(3)
R350
R273
Discovery Miles 2 730
|