Zweig's fictional masterpiece'GUARDIAN'An intoxicating,morally shaking read... A real reminder of what fiction can do best'ALI SMITH'It's just a masterpiece. When I read it I thought,how is it that I don't already know about this'WES ANDERSONThe only novel written by one of the most popular writers of the twentieth centuryIn 1913,young second lieutenant Hofmiller discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance-so begins a series of visits,motivated by pity,which relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope.Stefan Zweig's unforgettable novel is a devastating depiction of the betrayal of both honour and love,amid the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Publisher: Pushkin PressISBN: 9781805330226Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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It's just a masterpiece. When I read it I thought,how is it that I don't already know about thisZweig's fictional masterpieceIt really touched me. I'm not an easy crier,not at all. But this book was one of the few moments that I found myself sobbing. It was a knife to my heartThe novel I'll really remember reading this year is Stefan Zweig's frighteningly gripping Beware of Pity,first published in 1939...and part of the ongoing,valiant reprinting by Pushkin Press of Zweig's collected oeuvre; an intoxicating,morally shaking read about human responsibilities and a real reminder of what fiction can do bestAn unremittingly tense parable about emotional blackmail,this is a book which turns every reader into a fanaticBeware of Pity is the most exciting book I have ever read...a feverish,fascinating novelOriginal and powerfulCombines great storytelling with wonderful proseIt's a masterpiece. I didn't discover it till I was 16-years-old. He was number one on the bestseller lists in the 1940s. He was a great storyteller and a great writer,amazing combinationBeware of Pity is chillingly resonant in the Trump era... (in Beware of Pity) this sense of creeping decomposition is compulsively alive. It is hypnoticI was riveted by itAbsolutely marvellousIn the novel a character remarks that'the human tendency to self-delusion likes to declare dangers null and void even when we sense in our hearts that they are realBeware of Pity... is a tale of the past,memory and regret set in a world about to turnOne of the most underestimated (novels of all time)... An extraordinary book
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