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Biographical note
Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family and studied in Berlin and Vienna before making his name as a writer. His passionate, dramatic short stories and gripping biographies of major historical and literary figures, including Beware of Pity and The World of Yesterday, made him one of the most popular writers in the world in the 1920s and 30s. During these years Zweig travelled widely, enjoying his literary fame and cultivating friendships with many of the great literary figures of his day. In 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he briefly moved to London, taking British citizenship. After a short period in New York, he settled in Brazil.Vintage Zweig The Times Breathtaking ... the final sentence [of Burning Secret] is unlike anything I have ever read before -- Nicholas Lezard Guardian [A Chess Story is] perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game Economist Zweig's writing is some of the most brilliant of the 20th century. His novellas all begin so innocently. By the time they have ended, you feel he has prised you open, played with your own sympathies, and exposed you to your own imperfect humanity Independent A captivating mix...[Zweig] generates momentum out of extremes in thought and feeling, the turbulent negotiations between inner and exterior lives, but he is happiest in mixed feelings, in detecting minute alterations in head and heart Independent [Confusion is] a marvellously poised account of misunderstood motives, thwarted love, and sublimated desires -- Robert MacFarlane Times Literary Supplement Vintage Stefan Zweig-[Journey into the Past is] lucid, tender, powerful and compelling Independent [Fear is] brilliant, unusual and haunting ... Stefan Zweig's time of oblivion is over for good -- Salman Rushdie The New York Times A rediscovery of Zweig through this book gives an enlightening perspective on the past century and how we got where are today... As much in his novellas as in his short stories, the Austrian writer's psychological acuity brought his protagonists and their dilemmas vividly to life BlogCritics!