The Society of the Crossed Keys

“I had never heard of Zweig until six or seven years ago, as all the books began to come back into print, and I more or less by chance bought a copy of Beware of Pity. I immediately loved this book, his one, big, great novel-and suddenly there were dozens 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 WOMAN One of Stefan Zweig’s best-loved stories i...

Author: Zweig Stefan, Anderson Wes, Prochnik George

ISBN: 9781782271093

Year of publication: 2014

Translator: Bell Anthea

Genre: Classical prose

Number of pages: 244

Reading time: 4 h. 4 min.

Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF

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