{"product_id":"the-collected-novellas-of-stefan-zweig-9781782277071","title":"The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautiful new paperback edition of this collection containing five of Stefan Zweig's most powerful novellas.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A casual introduction, a challenge to a simple game of chess, a lovers' reunion, a meaningless infidelity: from such small seeds Zweig brings forth five startlingly tense tales-meditations on the fragility of love, the limits of obsession, the combustibility of secrets and betrayal. A casual introduction, a challenge to a simple game of chess, a lovers' reunion, a meaningless infidelity: from such small seeds Zweig brings forth five startlingly tense tales--meditations on the fragility of love, the limits of obsession, the combustibility of secrets and betrayal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo read anything by Zweig is to risk addiction; in this collection the power of his writing--which, with its unabashed intensity and narrative drive, made him one of the bestselling and most acclaimed authors in the world--is clear and irresistible. Each of these stories is a bolt of experience, unforgettable and unique. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition includes five powerful novellas: \u003cbr\u003e Burning Secret\u003cbr\u003e A Chess Story\u003cbr\u003e Fear\u003cbr\u003e Confusion\u003cbr\u003e Journey into the Past\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStefan 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 \u003ci\u003eLetter from an Unknown Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmok\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFear.\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eBeware of Pity\u003c\/i\u003e, and his memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe World of Yesterday\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726864060690,"sku":"9781782277071","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0fad2ed-5415-4908-97ba-66904396bda5.jpg?v=1734886851","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-novellas-of-stefan-zweig-9781782277071","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}