Pushkin Press The Society of the Crossed Keys

"""It's just a masterpiece. When I read it I thought, how is it that we don't know about this-how is it that I am the only person I know who's read this book?"" Wes Anderson, on Stefan Zweig's ""Beware of Pity"" Contents: ""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,"" ""an unrivalled evocation of bygone Europe. ""Beware of Pity-""An extract from Zweig's only novel, a devastating depiction of 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 in full-a passionate tale of gambling, love and death." ...