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. ' 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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ISBN
9781782271093
Publisert
2014
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Pushkin Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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