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Wes Anderson on Stefan Zweig: "I had never heard of Zweig...when I just more or less by chance bought a copy of Beware of Pity. I loved this first book. I also read the The Post-Office Girl. The Grand Budapest Hotel has elements that were... Read Full Overview

In 1913, a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible dangers of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance-his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope. Stefan Zweig's only novel is a devastatingly unindulgent... Read Full Overview

'The most exciting book I have ever read ... a feverish, fascinating novel' Antony Beevor, Sunday Telegraph

A series of misfortunes in the eastern Austro-Hungarian Empire of the last early 20th century.

A la veille de la Premi?re Guerre mondiale, un jeune officier pauvre, en garnison dans une petite ville autrichienne, est pris de piti? pour une jeune infirme riche. De cette piti? dangereuse d?coulera l'amour fou que porte Edith de Kekesfalva au lieutenant Anton Hofmiller.Cet... Read Full Overview

Stefan Zweig (* 28. November 1881 in Wien; + 23. Februar 1942 in Petrpolis, Bundesstaat Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien) war ein sterreichischer Schriftsteller.

"Je me tourne vers Ilona. Elle rit et comprend. Ses yeux ont d j dit oui: nous tourbillonnons, et bient t deux couples, puis trois, puis cinq tournent sur le parquet glissant, tandis que les personnes prudentes et plus g es regardent ou bavardent. J'adore danser, et m me je... Read Full Overview