Synopses

Born and raised in the glorious pre-WW1 Vienna of the Belle Epoque, Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was one of the most outstanding European intellectuals of the 20th century, and a prolific writer of stories, biographies, historical studies, essays, travel journals, memoirs and letters – as well as several plays, two books of poetry, an opera libretto and three novels [i].
Of all his works there’s no doubt that his short fiction has best weathered the test of time and that it’s the portion of (…)