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Six Stories
Stefan Zweig
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Description for Six Stories
Paperback.
‘One of the masters of the short story’ Guardian
‘I have to tell you – you see, this is just about the strangest experience I have been through...’
These six stories of obsession, secrets, delusions and desires from one of the greatest European writers show individuals caught up in forces beyond their control – whether an art dealer agreeing to a heartbreaking deception, a soldier destroyed by war, a servant infatuated with her employer or a young boy witnessing illicit adult passions. Portraying innocence lost and lives crushed by history, each tale is a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141192826
SKU
9780141192826
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Ref
99-2
About Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna to a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. Recognition as a writer came early for Zweig; by the age of forty, he had already won literary fame. In 1934, with Nazism entrenched, Zweig left Austria for England, and became a British citizen in 1940. In 1941 he and his second wife went to Brazil, where ... Read more
Reviews for Six Stories
One of the masters of the short story.
Guardian
They have an astringency of outlook and a mastery of scale that I find enormously enjoyable.
Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes
Guardian
They have an astringency of outlook and a mastery of scale that I find enormously enjoyable.
Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes