The Invisible Collection / Buchmendel

Zweig, Stefan (Transl. by Eden & Cedar Paul)

ISBN 10: 1901285006 / ISBN 13: 9781901285000

Published by Pushkin Press, London, 2001

About this Item

2001. 96pp. B&W frontispiece. Two novellas. "Zweig explores the nature of desire in showing us two lives led in the single-minded pursuit of art and literature, of existential truth against the background of a disintegrating and corrupt Europe. The tragic irony of these two contrasted destinies forces us to confront our own understanding of the purpose of life and art." Minor wear at corners. The book is otherwise in excellent condition. There are no inscriptions and all contents are tight and clean.

Seller Inventory # LitZweig02

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Invisible Collection / Buchmendel
• Publisher: Pushkin Press, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1901285006
• ISBN 13: 9781901285000
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

Zweig explores the nature of desire in showing us two lives led in the single-minded pursuit of art and literature, of existential truth against the background of a disintegrating and corrupt Europe. The tragic irony of these two contrasted destinies forces us to confront our own understanding of the purpose of life and art.

About the Author

Stefan Zweig, novelist, biographer, poet and translator, was born in 1881 in Vienna. With the rise of Nazism, he moved from Salzburg to London, New York and Brazil where he died in 1942.