Stefan Zweig

Schachnovelle no original em alemão é uma novela do escritor austríaco Stefan Zweig escrita entre 1938 e 1941 em seu exílio brasileiro e publicada pela primeira vez em 1944, após a morte do autor. Esta novela foi o último trabalho de Zweig. Em português foi publicada, em tradução de Pedro Süssekind, junto com dois …

"Stefan Zweig was a dark and unorthodox artist; it's good to have him back."--Salman Rushdie The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, and Beware of Pity, the only novel he published during his lifetime, uncovers the seed of selfishness within even the finest of …

«O Mundo de Ontem», livro de memórias de Stefan Zweig, é o retrato nostálgico de um mundo desaparecido - o da Viena, o da Europa anterior a 1914 -, a que se contrapõe o período conturbado de duas guerras mundiais, intercaladas por uma curta época de paz e de esperança no renascimento da Europa. Trata-se, pois, de uma …

The factors that change the course of history are primarily the product of the contributions made by individual lives to the broad pattern of mortal existence. In his collection of 'historical miniatures,' Stefan Zweig celebrates the monumental power of the spirit to discover, to create, to transcend the limits …

The Post Office Girl is a novel by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It tells the story of Christine Hoflehner, a female post-office clerk in poverty-stricken Vienna, Austria-Hungary, following World War I. The book was published posthumously in 1982.

"Stefan Zweig entende perfeitamente a vida que está descrevendo, com grandes sacadas analíticas." Stephen Spender Em um hotel em Monte Carlo, em meio a um grupo de ricos viajantes, o caso de uma respeitável mulher que abandonou o marido por um sedutor domina a discussão. Uma das senhoras presentes acaba fazendo …

Life at the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette has long captivated readers, drawn by accounts of the intrigues and pageantry that came to such a sudden and unexpected end. Stefan Zweig's Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman is a dramatic account of the guillotine's most famous victim, from the time …

Confusion, also known under the literal translation Confusion of Feelings, and as Episode in the Early Life of Privy Councillor D. is a 1927 novella by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It tells the story of a student and his friendship with a professor. It was originally published in the omnibus volume Conflicts: …

Letter from an Unknown Woman is a novella by Stefan Zweig. Published in 1922, it tells the story of an author who, while reading a letter written by a woman he does not remember, gets glimpses into her life story.