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The Society of the Crossed Keys: selections from the writings of Stefan Zweig

✍ Scribed by Stefan Zweig

Publisher: Pushkin Press
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Weight: 222 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 1782271090

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

I had never heard of Zweig until six or seven years ago, as allthe books began to come back into print, and I more or less by chance bought a copy of Beware of Pity. I immediately lovedthis book, his one, big, great novel-and suddenly there weredozens more in front of me waiting to read.' Wes Anderson

The Society of the Crossed Keys contains Wes Anderson's selections from the writings of the great Austrian author Stefan Zweig, whose life and work inspired The Grand Budapest Hotel.

A CONVERSATION WITH WES ANDERSON

Wes Anderson discusses Zweig's life and work with Zweig biographer George Prochnik.

THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY

Selected extracts from Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday, an unrivalled evocation of bygone Europe.

BEWARE OF PITY

An extract from Zweig's only novel, a devastating depictionof the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love.

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN THE LIFE OF A...

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