
Encounters and Destinies: A Farewell to Europe (Paperback)
Stefan Zweig (author), Will Stone (translator)
£9.99
Paperback
256 Pages
Published: 27/08/2020
Published: 27/08/2020
Stefan Zweig was a born eulogist. In this collection of powerful elegies, homages and personal memories, Zweig forms a richly interconnected portrait of key creative figures in the European cultural diaspora up to 1939. Many of those mourned or celebrated here cast a long spiritual shadow over Zweig's own writing life: Verhaeren, Rolland, Nietzsche, Roth, Mahler, Rilke and Freud.
Zweig's farewells, souvenirs and declarations of gratitude demonstrate his ardent pan-Europeanism and rich friendships across borders. Elegant and haunting, these tributes are a monument to his reverence for the arts and his belief in the sacredness of individualism.
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 9781782273462
Number of pages: 256
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Encounters and Destinies... capture(s) a special moment in modern European culture, caught for posterity on the eve of catastrophe.' - The Jewish Chronicle
'Zweig's accumulated historical and cultural studies [are] almost too impressive to take in.' - Clive James
'Zweig's accumulated historical and cultural studies [are] almost too impressive to take in.' - Clive James
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