The World of Yesterday, Paperback

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By the author who inspired Wes Anderson's film, The Grand Budapest Hotel Written as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna--its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall. Surrounded by the leading literary lights of the epoch, Stefan Zweig draws a vivid and intimate account of his life and travels through Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London, touching on the very heart of European culture. His passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the edge of extinction. This new translation by award-winning Anthea Bell captures the spirit of Zweig's writing in arguably his most revealing work.

Despre autor

Stefan Zweig

scriitor austriac · 1881–1942

Stefan Zweig a fost un scriitor, jurnalist și biograf austriac. În prezent este – alături de Hermann Hesse – unul dintre cei mai citiți autori de limbă germană. Stefan Zweig și-a petrecut ultimii ani de viață în exil, fiind un opozant fățiș al dictaturii naziste. Imediat ce Adolf Hitler ajunge la conducere, Zweig va călători mult, locuind temporar la New York, Londra sau Bath.