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The Post Office Girl
Stefan Zweig
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Description for The Post Office Girl
paperback. A young Austrian woman, Christine, toils away in a provincial post office when, out of the blue, a telegram arrives inviting her to join an American aunt she's never known in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire. She feels herself utterly transformed. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
It's the 1930s. Christine, A young Austrian woman whose family has been impoverished by the war, toils away in a provincial post office. Out of the blue, a telegram arrives from an American aunt she's never known, inviting her to spend two weeks in a Grand Hotel in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire, where she allows herself to be utterly transformed. Then, just as abruptly, her aunt cuts her loose and she has to return to the post office, where - yes - nothing will ever be the same.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sort of Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780954221720
SKU
KHD0001123
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Ref
99-1
About Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig (1981-1942) was the most widely translated writer of the 1920s and 1930s. A Jewish pacifist, he was driven by the Nazis into exile, first in London, then in Brazil, where he committed suicide in a pact with his wife. The manuscript for The Post Office Girl was found among his papers. Zweig's other novels include Beware of Pity and Chess Story.
Reviews for The Post Office Girl
An extraordinary work...there's a volcanic energy to Zweig's writing...wholly mesmerising.
The Herald
A far more powerful, worthwhile and enjoyable novel than our present bestsellers
David Sexton
Evening Standard
This haunting novel is a monument to Zweig's skill
Sunday Telegraph
Language that pierces both brain and heart
The Spectator
Stefan Zweig was a late and magnificent bloom from the hothouse of fin de siecle Vienna...The posthumous publication of a Zweig novel affords an opportunity to revisit this gifted writer...The Post Office Girl is captivating.
The Wall Street Journal
Zweig is one of the masters of the short story and novella, and by 'one of the masters' I mean that he's up there with Maupassant, Chekhov, James, Poe, or indeed anyone you care to name.
Nicholas Lezard
Guardian
A brilliant writer.
New York Times
I do think this is exceptional.There are scenes of hope and despair that are so lucid, powerful and alive. A classic.
Esther Freud
The Herald
A far more powerful, worthwhile and enjoyable novel than our present bestsellers
David Sexton
Evening Standard
This haunting novel is a monument to Zweig's skill
Sunday Telegraph
Language that pierces both brain and heart
The Spectator
Stefan Zweig was a late and magnificent bloom from the hothouse of fin de siecle Vienna...The posthumous publication of a Zweig novel affords an opportunity to revisit this gifted writer...The Post Office Girl is captivating.
The Wall Street Journal
Zweig is one of the masters of the short story and novella, and by 'one of the masters' I mean that he's up there with Maupassant, Chekhov, James, Poe, or indeed anyone you care to name.
Nicholas Lezard
Guardian
A brilliant writer.
New York Times
I do think this is exceptional.There are scenes of hope and despair that are so lucid, powerful and alive. A classic.
Esther Freud