It's the 1930s. Christine,A young Austrian woman whose family has been impoverished by the war,toils away in a provincial post office. Out of the blue,a telegram arrives from an American aunt she's never known,inviting her to spend two weeks in a Grand Hotel in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire,where she allows herself to be utterly transformed. Then,just as abruptly,her aunt cuts her loose and she has to return to the post office,where - yes - nothing will ever be the same.
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Publisher: Sort of BooksISBN: 9780954221720Number of pages: 288Weight: 240 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 24 mmEdition: Main
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An extraordinary work...there's a volcanic energy to Zweig's writing...wholly mesmerising.A far more powerful,worthwhile and enjoyable novel than our present bestsellersThis haunting novel is a monument to Zweig's skillLanguage that pierces both brain and heartStefan Zweig was a late and magnificent bloom from the hothouse of fin de siecle Vienna...The posthumous publication of a Zweig novel affords an opportunity to revisit this gifted writer...The Post Office Girl is captivating.Zweig is one of the masters of the short story and novella,and by'one of the masters'I mean that he's up there with Maupassant,Chekhov,James,Poe,or indeed anyone you care to name.A brilliant writer.I do think this is exceptional.There are scenes of hope and despair that are so lucid,powerful and alive. A classic.
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