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Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942, author.
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Authors, Austrian -- 20th century -- Biography.
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The world of yesterday / Stefan Zweig ; newly translated by Anthea Bell.
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Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942, author.
Lincoln, [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
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Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942.
Authors, Austrian -- 20th century -- Biography.
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9780803226616 (paperback ; alk. paper) :
0803226616 (paperback ; alk. paper) :
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xvi, 472 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
Contents:
Foreword -- The world of security -- At school in the last century -- Eros matutinus -- Universitas vitae -- Paris, the city of eternal youth -- Detours on the way to myself -- Beyond Europe -- Brightness and shadow over Europe -- The first hours of the 1914 War -- The fight for international fraternity -- In the heart of Europe -- Going home to Austria -- Out into the world again -- The setting sun -- Incipit Hitler -- The death throes of peace -- Index of names.
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The World of Yesterday is the memoir of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It is considered the most famous book on the Habsburg Empire. He started writing it in 1934 when, anticipating Anschluss and Nazi persecution, he uprooted himself from Austria to England and later to Brazil. He posted the manuscript, typed by his second wife Lotte Altmann, to the publisher the day before they both committed suicide in February 1942. The book describes life in Vienna at the start of the 20th century with detailed anecdotes. It depicts the dying days of Austria-Hungary under Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, including the system of education and the sexual ethics prevalent at the time, the same that provided the backdrop to the emergence of psychoanalysis. 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.
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Aina Haina Public Library
Adult Biography
B Zweig Zw
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
838.91209 Zweig Zw
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06/12/2024
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