The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig

A beautiful new paperback edition of this collection containing five of Stefan Zweig’s most powerful novellas.

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.

To 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.

This edition includes five powerful novellas:
Burning Secret
A Chess Story
Fear
Confusion
Journey into the Past

Author: Stefan Zweig
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 09/07/2021
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781782277071
Language: English