שטפן צווייג

משחק המלכים הוא ספר קלאסי שנכתב על ידי הסופר האוסטרי שטפן צווייג ופורסם לראשונה בשנת 1942. הסיפור הוגדר כנובלה פסיכולוגית בגלל העיסוק הנרחב בנבכי הנפש של הדמויות בו. ב-1960 יצר המפיק האמריקאי גרד אוסוולד סרט בשם …

"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 …

העולם של אתמול הוא ספר אוטוביוגרפי מאת הסופר היהודי-אוסטרי שטפן צווייג. כתיבת הספר החלה בשנת 1934, בזמן עליית הנאצים. במהלך הכתיבה, בשנת 1938, צווייג עקר מאוסטריה לאנגליה, ומאוחר יותר גם לברזיל. הספר נכתב בעותק הראשון בכתב יד, ונשלח אל המו"ל יום לפני התאבדותם המשותפת של צווייג ואשתו השנייה, ב-22 בפברואר 1942. הספר יצא …

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.

Following the death of her husband, a middle-aged Englishwoman travels through Europe to escape loneliness and boredom. One evening during her stay at the French Riviera, while enjoying the atmosphere of the Monte Carlo Casino, she becomes mesmerized by the obsessive gambling of a young Polish aristocrat. This fateful …

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.