The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig (English) Paperback Book

Description: The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig, Anthea Bell Written as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna - its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall. Surrounded by the leading literary lights of the epoch, Stefan Zweig draws an intimate account of his life in Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description By the author who inspired Wes Andersons 2014 film, The Grand Budapest HotelWritten as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna—its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall.Surrounded by the leading literary lights of the epoch, Stefan Zweig draws a vivid and intimate account of his life and travels through Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London, touching on the very heart of European culture. His passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the edge of extinction.This new translation by award-winning Anthea Bell captures the spirit of Zweigs writing in arguably his most revealing work. Author Biography Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was an Austrian novelist, journalist, biographer, and playwright prominent in the 1920s and 1930s. He is the author of several books, including the novels Beware of Pity and Confusion of Feelings and the biography Conqueror of the Seas: The Story of Magellan. Anthea Bell has translated many French, German, Danish, and Polish literary works into English. Her translations include Wladyslaw Szpilmans memoir The Pianist, W. G. Sebalds Austerlitz, and numerous works of childrens literature. Review "The World of Yesterday is ostensibly an autobiography, but it is much more than that. In this remarkably fine new translation, Anthea Bell perfectly captures Stefan Zweigs glorious evocation of a lost world, Viennas golden age, in which he grew up and flourished."—Ronald Harwood, award-winning author, playwright, and screenwriter"The World of Yesterday is one of the greatest memoirs of the twentieth century, as perfect in its evocation of the world Zweig loved as it is in its portrayal of how that world was destroyed."—David Hare, award–winning playwright and director of film and theater"The very success with which this book evokes both the beauty of the past and the fatality of its passing is what gives it tragic effectiveness. It is not so much a memoir of a life as it is the memento of an age, and the author seems, in his own phrase, to be the narrator at an illustrated lecture. The illustrations are provided by time, but his choice is brilliant and the narration is evocative."—New Republic"The autobiography of the internationally famous biographer and dramatist is a chronicle of three ages: the golden days of Vienna that ended with World War I; that war and its aftermath; and the Hitler years. Three ages do come to life in Zweigs book."—Publishers Weekly"When I opened it, I immediately felt that rare thrill one experiences when meeting a great book."—Newsday.com"A searing memoir."—Intelligent Life Review Text " The World of Yesterday is ostensibly an autobiography, but it is much more than that. In this remarkably fine new translation, Anthea Bell perfectly captures Stefan Zweigs glorious evocation of a lost world, Viennas golden age, in which he grew up and flourished."--Ronald Harwood, award-winning author, playwright, and screenwriter " The World of Yesterday is one of the greatest memoirs of the twentieth century, as perfect in its evocation of the world Zweig loved as it is in its portrayal of how that world was destroyed."--David Hare, award-winning playwright and director of film and theater "The very success with which this book evokes both the beauty of the past and the fatality of its passing is what gives it tragic effectiveness. It is not so much a memoir of a life as it is the memento of an age, and the author seems, in his own phrase, to be the narrator at an illustrated lecture. The illustrations are provided by time, but his choice is brilliant and the narration is evocative."-- New Republic "The autobiography of the internationally famous biographer and dramatist is a chronicle of three ages: the golden days of Vienna that ended with World War I; that war and its aftermath; and the Hitler years. Three ages do come to life in Zweigs book."-- Publishers Weekly "When I opened it, I immediately felt that rare thrill one experiences when meeting a great book."-- Newsday.com "A searing memoir."-- Intelligent Life Review Quote "When I opened it, I Details ISBN0803226616 Author Anthea Bell Short Title WORLD OF YESTERDAY Publisher University of Nebraska Press Language English Translator Anthea Bell ISBN-10 0803226616 ISBN-13 9780803226616 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY B Residence US Birth 1931 Death 1942 Affiliation in private practice, Kentucky, USA Pages 472 Year 2013 Imprint University of Nebraska Press Place of Publication Lincoln Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2013-05-01 NZ Release Date 2013-05-01 UK Release Date 2013-05-01 Publication Date 2013-05-30 Illustrations 1 photograph Audience General US Release Date 2013-05-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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