The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig

by Zweig, Stefan; Bell, Anthea

• ISBN13: 9781782276319
• ISBN10: 1782276319
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-02-16
• Publisher: Pushkin Press

Summary

Twenty-two classic short stories of love and death, betrayal and hope—from a master storyteller hailed as “the Updike of his time” (New York Observer)
 
In this magnificent collection of Stefan Zweig’s short stories, the very best and worst of human nature is captured with sharp observation, understanding, and vivid empathy. Ranging from love and death to faith restored and hope regained, these stories present a master at work, at the top of his form.

Perfectly paced and brimming with passion, these 22 tales from one of the great storytellers of the 20th century are translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell.
 
Included:
Forgotten Dreams
In the Snow
The Miracles of Life
The Star Above the Forest
A Summer Novella
The Governess
Twilight
A Story Told in Twilight
Wondrak
Compulsion
Moonbeam Alley
Amok
Fantastic Night
Letter from an Unknown Woman
The Invisible Collection
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
Downfall of the Heart
Incident on Lake Geneva
Mendel the Bibliophile
Leporella
Did He Do It?
The Debt Paid Late

Author Biography

Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 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. Between the wars, Zweig 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 left Austria, and lived in London, Bath and New York—a period during which he produced his most celebrated works: his only novel, Beware of Pity, and his memoir, The World of Yesterday. He eventually settled 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.

Table of Contents

Forgotten Dreams 
In the Snow 
The Miracles of Life 
The Star Above the Forest 
A Summer Novella 
The Governess 
Twilight 
A Story Told in Twilight 
Wondrak [unfinished] 
Compulsion 
Moonbeam Alley 
Amok 
Fantastic Night 
Letter from an Unknown Woman 
The Invisible Collection 
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman 
Downfall of the Heart 
Incident on Lake Geneva 
Mendel the Bibliophile 
Leporella 
Did He Do It? 
The Debt Paid Late