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Messages from a Lost World

Europe on the Brink

Author Stefan Zweig
Foreword by John Gray
Translated by Will Stone
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Steerforth Press | Pushkin Press
On sale Sep 27, 2016 | 224 Pages | 978-1-78227-188-8
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Stefan Zweig was a leading talisman of a united Europe of unfettered movement, of pro-active cultural exchange, humane decency and tolerance, all polar opposites of the Nationalist regimes he loathed, and which came to power in the 1930s. In these poignant essays and addresses, forged in the last years or even months of his life, he shows his profound concern for and dedication to the survival of Europe's spiritual integrity.


These essays form the natural accompaniment to Zweig's renowned memoir The World of Yesterday, registering the same themes and evoking the same nostalgia for a world brutally consigned to history. They can be seen as a vital addendum to that major work or as a prefiguration. But perhaps even more so than the prose of the memoir, these essays, few in number but rich in content, reveal the essence of Zweig's thought.
Contents

Foreword by John Gray 9
Translator’s Introduction 15

The Sleepless World—1914 39
The Tower of Babel—1916 51
History as Poetess—1931 61
European Thought in Its Historical Development—1932 85
The Unification of Europe—1934 113
1914 and Today—1936 125
The Secret of Artistic Creation—1938 135
The Historiography of Tomorrow—1939 159
The Vienna of Yesterday—1940 183
In This Dark Hour—1941 207

Details of First Publication 213
Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Between the wars, Zweig was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok and Fear.In 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he left Austria, and lived in London, Bath and New York—a period during which he produced his most celebrated works: his only novel,Beware of Pity, and his memoir, The World of Yesterday. He eventually settled in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press. View titles by Stefan Zweig

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Stefan Zweig was a leading talisman of a united Europe of unfettered movement, of pro-active cultural exchange, humane decency and tolerance, all polar opposites of the Nationalist regimes he loathed, and which came to power in the 1930s. In these poignant essays and addresses, forged in the last years or even months of his life, he shows his profound concern for and dedication to the survival of Europe's spiritual integrity.


These essays form the natural accompaniment to Zweig's renowned memoir The World of Yesterday, registering the same themes and evoking the same nostalgia for a world brutally consigned to history. They can be seen as a vital addendum to that major work or as a prefiguration. But perhaps even more so than the prose of the memoir, these essays, few in number but rich in content, reveal the essence of Zweig's thought.

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Contents

Foreword by John Gray 9
Translator’s Introduction 15

The Sleepless World—1914 39
The Tower of Babel—1916 51
History as Poetess—1931 61
European Thought in Its Historical Development—1932 85
The Unification of Europe—1934 113
1914 and Today—1936 125
The Secret of Artistic Creation—1938 135
The Historiography of Tomorrow—1939 159
The Vienna of Yesterday—1940 183
In This Dark Hour—1941 207

Details of First Publication 213

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Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Between the wars, Zweig was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok and Fear.In 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he left Austria, and lived in London, Bath and New York—a period during which he produced his most celebrated works: his only novel,Beware of Pity, and his memoir, The World of Yesterday. He eventually settled in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press. View titles by Stefan Zweig

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