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'Thoughtful, highly observant, and humane' GuardianTwo thousand years of human struggleFive tales of family breakdown, political struggle, and monomaniacal obsession from one of the defining voices of the European Jewish diaspora. Moving back through time from the First World War to Ancient Rome, these stories play on the tension between religion, society and individual with masterful irony. We encounter heroes and bookworms, visionaries and gadabouts, patriarchs and rebels - united across the centuries by faith, and by the intensity with which they live and die, their individual passions blazing out against the forces of history.Includes:'Buchmendel''Downfall of the Heart''The Miracles of Life''In the Snow''The Buried Candelabrum'Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.Translated by Anthea Bell and Eden and Cedar Paul.Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a translator and later as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and enjoying literary fame. His stories and novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the rise of Nazism, he briefly moved to London, taking British citizenship. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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‘One of the masters of the short story’ Guardian ‘I have to tell you – you see, this is just about the strangest experience I have been through...’These six stories of obsession, secrets, delusions and desires from one of the greatest European writers show individuals caught up in forces beyond their control – whether an art dealer agreeing to a heartbreaking deception, a soldier destroyed by war, a servant infatuated with her employer or a young boy witnessing illicit adult passions. Portraying innocence lost and lives crushed by history, each tale is a psychologically acute, startling human drama.Translated by Jonathan Katz

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**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'A riveting, compelling, mesmerizing journey. Josef Lewkowicz is a hero in every sense of the word. The Survivor both terrifies us and inspires us. It's a must read.'Tova Friedman, author of The Daughter of Auschwitz.One of the last great untold stories of the Holocaust, The Survivor is an astonishing account of one man's unbreakable spirit, unshakeable faith, and extraordinary courage in the face of evil.At only sixteen years old, Josef Lewkowicz became a number, prisoner 85314. Following the Nazi invasion of Poland, he and his father were separated from their family and herded to the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp. Forced to carry out hard labour in brutal conditions, and to live under the constant threat of extreme violence and sudden death, before the war was over Josef would witness the unique horrors of six of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Mauthausen and Ebensee.From salt mines to forced marches, summary executions to Amstetten, where prisoners were used as human shields in Allied bombing, Josef lived under the spectre of death for many years. When he was liberated from Ebensee at the end of the war, conditions were amongst the worst witnessed by allied forces.With his freedom, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB RECOMMENDED READINSPIRED BY ONE OF THE LAST GREAT UNTOLD STORIES OF WW11916. Young artist Sam Burke is spared death by firing squad on the battlefields of France and brought to a remote castle by the Irish Sea. At the ‘Tin Nose Shop’ he is tasked with creating intricate masks to hide the mutilated faces of his fellow soldiers from the Front. While he tries to come to terms with the death of his best friend and the promise he failed to keep, Sam and the disfigured soldiers struggle to return to their former lives and their loved ones.A stirring and emotional tale based on the real-life story of the Tin Nose Shop.''Beautifully written and sensitively observed'' Hazel Gaynor''Beautifully written and thought-provoking'' Ruth Hogan''Will both break your heart and give it wings as it explores the healing powers of friendship, love, hope and purpose'' Robin Wells''One of the best historical novels I have read in a long time... I have never read anything quite like it'' Mark Sullivan''Here is a beautifully written novel, sensitive, exploring not so much the brutality of war but the humanity which stems from it'' The Yorkshire Times''There are many novels ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary treasures – as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America. Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home, the Sagas are written with psychological intensity, peopled by characters with depth, and explore perennial human issues like love, hate, fate and freedom.

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'One hardly knows where to begin in praising Zweig's work' - Ali Smith'The Updike of his day... Zweig is a lucid writer, and Bell renders his prose flawlessly' - New York ObserverPerfectly paced and brimming with passion - twenty-two tales from a master storyteller of the twentieth centuryIn this indispensable collection of short stories, Stefan Zweig captures the best and worst of human nature. At the heart of these tales lies passion - from a humble waiter's love for an aristocratic guest to an exiled Frenchwoman's longing for the glitter of court life, and a bookseller's fatal lust for print in wartime Vienna.Translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, and spanning a prolific literary career, these stories form a map of the human soul, drawn by a writer both tender and perceptive.Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.Translated by Anthea Bell.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 ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Stefan Zweig's seminal memoir recalls the golden age of pre-war Europe - its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating fall. Through the story of his life and his relationships with the leading literary figures of the day, Zweig's fervent, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the brink of extinction. This translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell captures the passionate fluency of Zweig's writing in arguably his most important work, completed the day before his suicide in 1942 - a unique elegy for a lost world of security and peace.

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Velikán svetovej literatúry Stefan Zweig (1881 – 1942), spisovateľ, esejista, básnik a prekladateľ, stále oslovuje svojím dielom nových a nových čitateľov. V slovenskom preklade vyšli napríklad jeho romány Opojenie z premeny, Netrpezlivosť srdca, eseje Hviezdne hodiny ľudstva, Liečba duchom, autobiografický román Svet včerajška, biografické romány Balzac, Mária Antoinetta či Mária Stuartová. Sujetom poslednej Zweigovej knihy je renesančný mysliteľ, humanista a skeptik, otec literárnej esejistiky, Michel de Montaigne. Hoci biografia Montaigne nebola dokončená, zostali v nej autorove poznámky, ktoré zvykol vždy pred vydaním knihy odstrániť, nie je to jej nedostatkom, naopak. Podáva svedectvo nielen o Montaigneovi a jeho dobe, ale aj o Zweigovi. Biografia Montaigne vznikla šťastnou náhodou. Stefan Zweig utiekol s nacistami okupovanej Európy do Brazílie, kde sa usadil v meste Petrópolis. Práve tu objavil Montaigneove dvojzväzkové Eseje, ktoré vnímal ako útechu vo svojom postavení vyhnanca. Montaigneov životopis písal s veľkým zaujatím, videl paralelu medzi nacistickou brutalitou a náboženskými vojnami v časoch Montaigneových. Za štyristo rokov sa ľudstvo nezmenilo. Stefan Zweig vzdáva úctu Michelovi de Montaigne, človeku a humanistovi, ktorý nikdy nezradil svoje vnútorné presvedčenie a aj v najťažších časoch zostal homme libre, slobodným človekom. Slovenský preklad je doplnený o esej Mareka Kurtu Zweig vs Montaigne.

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'The European voice... sparkling with poetic brilliance' - TLS'Zweig's accumulated historical and cultural studies [are] almost too impressive to take in' - Clive JamesStefan Zweig was a born eulogist. In this collection of powerful elegies, homages and personal memories, Zweig forms a richly interconnected portrait of key creative figures in the European cultural diaspora up to 1939. Many of those mourned or celebrated here cast a long spiritual shadow over Zweig's own writing life: Verhaeren, Rolland, Nietzsche, Roth, Mahler, Rilke and Freud.Zweig's farewells, souvenirs and declarations of gratitude demonstrate his ardent pan-Europeanism and rich friendships across borders. Elegant and haunting, these tributes are a monument to his reverence for the arts and his belief in the sacredness of individualism.Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.Translated by Will Stone.Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was born 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. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok and Fear. In ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Audiokniha: Rakouský prozaik Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) začal psát biografii J. Fouchého "pro svoje soukromé potěšení" v Salcburku v roce 1929. Autorovi šlo podle slov předmluvy spíše o biografii "antihrdiny" než o biografii diplomata. Zweig sice několikrát zdůrazňoval, jak nesympatický mu policejní ministr tří režimů Fouché byl, ale zároveň mu tento výjimečný státník imponoval.Osobnost Josefa Fouchého zaujala Stefana Zweiga jako prototyp principiálního zrádce, bezcharakterního přeběhlíka, politického chameleona, který se vždy uměl přidat ke správné straně. Fouché byl mistr v oboru slídění, intrik a špionáže, byl to člověk nekompromisně bezcharakterní a bezpáteřní. Dokázal díky těmto svým vlastnostem přežít pád girondistů, jakobínů, direktoria, konzulátu, císařství, království a opět císařství - a zatímco se odvíjely největší události francouzské historie, tahal tento muž za politické nitky, spřádal intriky stále větší a dalekosáhlejší, špehoval, až se z bývalého jakobína stal vévodou z Otranta a mnohonásobným milionářem. Stefan Zweig pojal psychologický portrét svého "antihrdiny" jako osobnosti zcela amorální, zároveň však i beletristicky nesmírně zajímavé.

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“The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette.” —Guardian “Bids fair to be the definitive life of that tragic queen.” —New York Times International Bestseller: One of the great writers of the 20th century paints a vivid portrait of one of the most famous, complex, and controversial characters in European history.  Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Zweig analyzes the chemistry of a woman’s soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the King’s bedroom, in the enchanted and extravagant world of the Trianon, and with her children. And in his account of The Revolution, he describes her resolve during the failed escape to Varennes, her imprisonment in the Conciergerie and her final tragic destiny under the guillotine.  Stefan Zweig’s account has been the definitive biography of Marie Antoinette since its publication, inspiring Antonia Fraser and the recent film adaptation.

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Stefan Zweig's short story is a powerful evocation of the condition of Germany between the wars and a moving reminder of the power of art.

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Audiokniha: Na výbuchy zvůle, fanatismu, násilí a nesnášenlivosti v Německu 30. let 20. století zareagoval rakouský prozaik a esejista Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) nepřímo, oklikou přes 16. století, století humanismu a reformace: napsal beletrizovaný životopis humanisty Erasma Rotterdamského (1934). Kniha je stejně jako jeho ostatní románové biografie založena na rozsáhlém pramenném bádání."Svět mého vlastního jazyka pro mne zanikl a má duchovní vlast, Evropa, sama sebe ničí," napsal Stefan Zweig v krátkém prohlášení před tím, než v noci z 22. na 23. února 1942 spolu s manželkou spáchal v brazilském městě Petropolis sebevraždu. "Mé síly jsou vyčerpány a dlouhými léty bezdomoveckého bloudění. Pokládám proto za lepší včas a vstoje ukončit život, jemuž vždy byla duchovní práce nejryzejší radostí a osobní svoboda nejvyšším statkem této Země?"

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Životopis věhlasného esejisty Michela de Montaigne je závěrečným dílem Stefana Zweiga, které napsal v posledních týdnech svého života. V jedenácti kapitolách popisuje Zweig velmi podrobně a s velkým psychologickým vhledem a pochopením život a působení gaskoňského šlechtice, renesančního myslitele, humanisty, skeptika a otce literární esejistiky Montaigna, který vystupoval proti převládající vyprázdněné a životu vzdálené latinské vzdělanosti univerzit. Zasazoval se o svobodný a nezaujatý pohled na svět, přičemž své eseje psal jazykem pařížského tržiště, formou volných úvah o světě, životě a o sobě samém, neboť podle Montaigna "v sobě každý nese celou podobu lidského údělu". Biografie vznikla v podstatě shodou náhodných okolností. V brazilské Petrópolis, kam Zweig odešel z nacisty devastované Evropy, objevil Montaignovy dvousvazkové eseje, v jejichž autorovi nalezl mistra a učitele rezignace a ústupu k sobě samému. Texty pro Zweiga představovaly velkou útěchu a inspiraci. Montaigneho životopis proto napsal s vášnivým zaujetím, zjevně jako určitý druh terapie. Skutečná síla Zweigovy knihy však spočívá v paralele, nepředstavitelné brutality nacismu s dobou Montaignovou, náboženskými válkami a hrůznými krveprolitími. Stefan Zweig věnoval svou biografii samotnému Micheli de Montaigne jako vděk za příkladný život člověka, který nikdy nezradil své vnitřní přesvědčení a zůstal i v nejtěžších dobách homme libre: "Montaigne se pokusil o ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Stefan Zweig's masterpiece revisited.

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'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 ANDERSON_______________The 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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A collection of the great writer''s observations, made during his travels across the Europe he loved so muchWhen I am on a journey, all ties suddenly fall away. I feel myself quite unburdened, disconnected, free - There is something in it marvellously uplifting and invigorating. Whole past epochs suddenly return: nothing is lost, everything still full of inception, enticement.For the insatiably curious and ardent Europhile Stefan Zweig, travel was both a necessary cultural education and a personal balm for the depression he experienced when rooted in one place for too long. He spent much of his life weaving between the countries of Europe, visiting authors and friends, exploring the continent in the heyday of international rail travel.Comprising a lifetime''s observations on Zweig''s travels in Europe, this collection can be dipped into or savoured at length, and paints a rich and sensitive picture of Europe before the Second World War.

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Stefan Zweig recounts the world in which he grew up, from the tranquillity of the late 19th century to the outbreak of World War II.Born in Habsburg Vienna, he lived through the tragedy of World War I and for the second time, with Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, his dream of a Europe at peace was broken. Dossiers:Stefan ZweigDas Wien von „Gestern“Juden in ÖsterreichDrei Freunde in Wien

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When it is discovered that the reigning world chess champion, Mirko Czentovic, is on board a cruiser heading for Buenos Aires, a fellow passenger challenges him to a game. Czentovic easily defeats him, but during the rematch a mysterious Austrian, Dr B., intervenes and, to the surprise of everyone, helps the underdog obtain a draw. When, the next day, Dr B. confides in a compatriot travelling on the same ship and decides to reveal the harrowing secret behind his formidable chess knowledge, a chilling tale of imprisonment and psychological torment unfolds.Stefan Zweig’s last and most famous story, ‘A Game of Chess’ was written in exile in Brazil and explores its author’s anxieties about the situation in Europe following the rise of the Nazi regime. The tale is presented here in a brand-new translation, along with three of the master storyteller’s most acclaimed novellas: Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman, The Invisible Collection and Incident on Lake Geneva.

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Románová biografie, na které Zweig pracoval více než deset posledních let svého života, měla být jeho magnum opus. Dílo nestačil podle svých představ dokončit, avšak v ucelené podobě ho vydal v roce 1946 Zweigův přítel, spisovatel Richard Friedenthal. A ukázalo se, že vskutku jde o Zweigovo stěžejní dílo, neboť jeho balzacovská monografie má sama parametry velkého románu. Zweig Balzaca portrétuje s psychologickou přesvědčivostí, často v pozoruhodných protikladech, nejednoznačně a mnohdy ne zcela lichotivě. Má pochopení zejména pro jeho tvůrčí genialitu, nezměrnou vůli a pracovitost, vidí však i řadu lidských slabostí, občas směšných či kuriózních. Prokazuje také, že je velkým znalcem Balzacova rozsáhlého literárního díla. Zweigovo vysoce působivé líčení, jeho mnohdy mistrovské formulace a pronikavé metafory činí četbu biografie mimořádným zážitkem. Je zjevné, že do své práce vložil Zweig velmi mnoho studia, energie, empatie a toho nejlepšího ze svého talentu. Kdo si tuto působivou biografii, toto hluboké umělecké dílo přečte, bude jím zasažen. Práce vychází česky po téměř pětačtyřiceti letech jako doplněk k novému výboru toho nejlepšího z Balzacovy tvorby v rámci edice Světoví klasici.

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Stefan Zweig (1881 - 1942) - rakúsky spisovateľ, esejista, prekladateľ, pacifista, humanista bol vášnivý zástanca zjednotenej duchovnej Európy a spolunažívania národov i kultúr. Jeho život výrazne ovplyvnili obe svetové vojny. Proti prvej sa, napriek svojmu odporu k politike, verejne postavil. Tá druhá ho zlomila a stratiac svoje ideály si vzal život. Vo svojej tvorbe neúnavne zdôrazňoval právo človeka na uznanie jeho prirodzenosti, odmietal pokrytectvo a každý neprirodzený tlak. Silne ovplyvnený psychoanalýzou Sigmunda Freuda vykresľoval postavy zmietané vášňami a citmi, či to boli veľké osobnosti dejín alebo iba obyčajní, takmer bezvýznamní ľudia.V roku 1938 emigroval do Spojeného kráľovstva a v roku 1941 do brazílskeho Petrópolisu, kde spolu s manželkou spáchal samovraždu, keď sa k nemu dostali správy o ničení kultúrnych hodnôt nacistami.Jeho skvostný román Opojenie z premeny je príbehom dievčiny, ktorá sa z jednotvárneho života v malej obci dostáva na krátky čas do prostredia veľkomestskej spoločenskej smotánky, kde sa z tejto nenápadnej poštovej úradníčky stáva krásavica obletovaná vrstovníkmi z majetných rodín. Jej "opojenie z premeny" však netrvá dlho.Kniha je plná neuveriteľných kontrastov, pominuteľných stereotypov, vzrušujúcich nevšedností, či premien i neustáleho boja o priazeň a priateľstvo. Zároveň však dokonale vystihuje pocit vnútorného prázdna, ktorý sa po vojne usídlil v mysliach premýšľavých ľudí ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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O čem píše Stefan Zweig v této knize, která se již dávno proslavila? Přináší dvanáct mimořádně zajímavých příběhů, které v posledních pěti stoletích měnily tvář našeho světa. Víte, že hymnu francouzských revolucionářů "Marseillaisu" složil zarytý stoupenec monarchie? Že objev zlata v Kalifornii udělal z nejbohatšího muže světa žebráka? A že stačilo jen zavřít zadní branku, a Turci by nedobyli Cařihrad? Jsou také o vojevůdcích, geniálních vynálezcích i nesmrtelných umělcích. A o tom, proč právě kvůli nim udeřila "hvězdná hodina lidstva", která změnila osudy lidí na desítky a stovky let dopředu.

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Audiokniha: Je dvojí soucit, píše v prologu své knihy Stefan Zweig. Jeden, ten zbabělý a sentimentální, který je vlastní jen netrpělivostí srdce, aby se co nejrychleji zbavilo trapného dojetí cizím neštěstím, soucit, který vůbec není soucítěním, nýbrž jen instinktivním odvrácením cizího utrpení od vlastní duše. A ten druhý, který jediný má smysl - ten nesentimentální, avšak tvořivý soucit, který ví, co chce, a je odhodlán trpělivě a s účastenstvím vydržet až do konce svých sil a ještě za něj. Účinkují Josef Chvalina, Milan Neděla, Radovan Lukavský, Gabriela Vránová, Miriam Kantorková, Richard Záhorský, Ladislav Pešek a další. Z rozhovoru s herečkou Gabrielou Vránovou:Existuje nějaká/é inscenace (v níž jste nehrála), která vám uvízla v srdci i v mozku a stala se do jisté míry kánonem vašeho chápaní či vnímání divadla? Návštěva Národního divadla s bratrem Karla Högera, Rudolfem, který byl naším profesorem líčení na JAMU. Viděli jsme Smrt obchodního cestujícího. Fantazie! Víte, co to bylo, když mi pan Höger dělal téměř o dvacet let později rozhlasového partnera ve Šlechtickém hnízdě? Podobně to bylo i s Obchodníkem s deštěm v Komorním divadle - úchvatný Lukavský. Byl mým partnerem daleko později v Netrpělivosti srdce. I proto mám rozhlas tak ráda. Dokáže spojit před mikrofonem ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of the past.

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''... a human being, an intellectual human being who constantly bends the entire force of his mind on the ridiculous task of forcing a wooden king into the corner of a wooden board, and does it without going mad!''A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig''s acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of genius.

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'I can't take any more of your revolting merciful kindness!'Who would have thought that the great military hero Captain Hofmiller - that living monument to his own courage - would have anything burdening his soul? But when he reveals his story, it is not one of bravery but tragedy: a simple blunder at a dance from which disaster grows, ruining lives with his weak, foolish pity... Beware of Pity is Stefan Zweig's greatest novel, fiercely capturing human emotions in all their subtleties and extremes - while Hofmiller, his unforgettable, naïve creation, misunderstands everything, resulting in his downfall.Translated by Jonathan Katz. Previously published as Impatience of the Heart.

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Ten turning points in history, vividly sketched by the great Stefan Zweig.

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The golden age of Jewish humour flourished in the second half of the twentieth century, enjoyed by Jews and non-Jews alike, but its twilight years are now in sight. Telling jokes has the potential to reaffirm community once religion, political loyalties and victimhood are stripped away: from the 1960s on, a unique cultural dynamism bound up in these jokes reminded Jews around the world of what it means to be Jewish. Often, jokes pit one group against another, but Jewish jokes opted for self-deprecation instead, and in this case, laughing at the group reinforced it. They enabled Jews to live in harmony with others in full conscience of their differences and they safeguarded a desire for survival at the heart of Jewish identity. Moreover, absurd, larger-than-life characters such as Rabbi Jacob generated tolerance, empathy and tenderness among non-Jews after the horror and guilt of the Shoah. From the early 2000s, however, the space that allowed Jewish jokes to flourish began to shrink, due to a decline in the understanding of the Shoah, a less positive image of Israel and a waning of the importance of Jewish culture in American intellectual and cultural life. This playful and personal book by Michel ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A scintillating biographical study of the one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, by one of the bestselling writers of the twentieth.In this vivid biography, Zweig eschews traditional academic discussion and focuses on Nietzsche''s habits, passions and obsessions. This work, concentrating on the man rather than the work, on the tragedy of his existence and his apartness from the world in which he moved in enforced isolation, is a tour de force, drawing the reader inexorably into Nietzsche''s tragic trajectory.Illustrated with numerous photographs relating to Nietzsche and his European locations, this superb translation by Will Stone is essential reading for anyone interested in Nietzsche, Zweig, first-class biographies and philosophy.

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Chess world champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven to insanity during Nazi imprisonment by the chess games in his imagination.But in agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay? A moving portrait of one man's madness, The Royal Game: a chess story is a searing examination of the power of the mind and the evil it can do.

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Audiokniha: Kniha Svědomí proti násilí rakouského prozaika Stefana Zweiga z roku 1936 se žánrově pohybuje na pomezí eseje a historického románu a je pozoruhodným exkurzem do reformačních dob, avšak zároveň jakousi univerzální obranou lidské svobody, vzájemné tolerance a snášenlivosti proti jakékoliv totalitní ideologii.Příběh začíná v Ženevě na počátku 16. století, kdy se v tomto švýcarském městě ujímá vlády Jan Kalvín. Ač mladý, vládne ocelovou rukou a nestrpí ve jménu božím jediného odpůrce - je dokonce schopen dojít až na samou mez života a odsoudit za kacířství ke smrti upálením.Jedním z těch odvážných a nepoddajných, kteří se ozývají na obranu svobody a tolerance, je francouzský učenec Sebastian Castellio.Ačkoliv si Zweig vybírá dobu tolik vzdálenou, příběh je natolik univerzální, že platí i na další diktatury, které se odehrají až o mnohá století později. Je tak téměř s podivem, že v Česku vyšel román poprvé na počátku normalizace v roce 1970.Čte: František Derfler

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Zweigova kniha, žánrově na pomezí eseje, románu a historické studie, vyšla poprvé ve Vídni v roce 1936, pouhé dva roky před pohlcením autorovy vlasti hitlerovským Německem. Ačkoliv její protagonisté – Castellio, Kalvín a Servet – jsou historické osobnosti 16. století, jedná se o vášnivou a povznášející obranu nejzákladnějších hodnot evropské civilizace: svobody, tolerance, života a lidskosti proti jakékoli znásilňující, totalitní ideologii. Castelliův zápas s Kalvínem, „boj komára se slonem“, ukazuje Zweig jako zápas neohroženého svědomí a myšlení jednotlivce s násilnou teokratickou diktaturou. Jejich střetnutí vrcholí poté, co z Kalvínovy vůle dojde v Ženevě k upálení humanistického učence Miguela Serveta. Proti této justiční vraždě a na obranu dalších „kacířů“ vystoupí Sebastian Castellio a riskuje při tom vlastní život. Jako první formuluje ve své době převratnou teorii snášenlivosti a tolerance, jejíž jádro lze vystihnout slovy, že upálení kacíře není nic jiného než vražda a že „upálit člověka neznamená obhajovat učení, nýbrž zabít člověka“. Komár sice v zápase se slonem na čas podléhá, ale Castelliovy myšlenky a díla o několik desetiletí později ožívají v mnoha zemích Evropy a stávají se pevnou součástí evropského kulturního vědomí. Český překlad vyšel poprvé na počátku normalizace v roce 1970; byla v tom nejspíš nepozornost nebo přetíženost tehdejších ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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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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Within each of us is a spiritual longing that prompts us to unite with something greater than ourselves, to awaken to our unity with all of life. Yet, no matter the spiritual path we choose, we inevitably encounter our own shadow, those unconscious aspects of ourselves that we suppress or deny, or the shadows of our teachers and their secret desires about money, sex, and power. Meeting the shadow can derail the journey but, according to Connie Zweig, Ph.D., we can recover from loss of faith and move from spiritual naiveté to spiritual maturity. Zweig examines the yearning that sets us on the path, showing how it can lead to ecstatic, transcendent experiences or to terrible suffering by projecting it onto an authoritarian teacher, priest, or guru who abuses power. She tells the stories of renowned teachers--Sufi poet Rumi, Hindu master Ramakrishna, and Christian saint Catherine of Siena--whose lives unfolded as they followed their spiritual yearning. And she tells the cautionary tales of contemporary teachers of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Catholicism, who acted out their shadows in devastating ways, leaving their followers traumatized and lost. She explains how meeting the shadow is a painful but inevitable stage on the path to ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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''Lyrical, twisty short stories'' Evening StandardA collection of stunning short stories from the million-copy bestselling author of The Island. Three of these stories were previously published in Victoria Hislop''s ebook collection, One Cretan Evening. In ten powerful stories, Victoria Hislop takes us through the streets of Athens and into the tree-lined squares of Greek villages. As she evokes their distinct atmosphere, she brings vividly to life a host of unforgettable characters, from a lonesome priest to battling brothers, and from an unwanted stranger to a groom troubled by music and memory. These bittersweet tales of love and loyalty, of separation and reconciliation, captured in Victoria Hislop''s unique voice, will stay with you long after you reach the end.Praise for The Last Dance and Other Stories. . .''A master at evoking a sense of place''Mail on Sunday''Stunning... Intricate, beautifully observed''Express''Beguiling... her characters are utterly convincing''Daily Mail''A vivid portrait of a country in upheaval''Tatler

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"Rich and resonant with women’s voices and values, at once familiar and entirely new.”—Rachel Barenblat, “The Velveteen Rabbi,” and author of Texts to the Holy Female protagonists turn Jewish folktales on their heads! What happens when stories with traditional male protagonists are updated with female characters? Timeless plots and values remain, while old tales transform to inspire and captivate a new generation. When Debra Gordon Zaslow first ventured into Jewish storytelling in the mid-1980s, she was surprised at how difficult it was to find Jewish tales featuring powerful female characters. This seemed odd, given the obvious strength of Jewish women. Over the years, she found herself slipping female characters into stories and changing male protagonists into females. Her criterion was simple: if it didn’t change the basic meaning or plot of the story, the character could be female. There was always the sense, however, of meddling with something sacrosanct. These Jewish stories have been handed down for centuries, and who was she to change them? Decades later, comes this collection of stories. The maggidot (Jewish women storytellers) who wrote and compiled this innovative anthology have created a collection to honor Jewish values while featuring female characters in every central role. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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An original investigation into the reading strategies and uses of books by Jews in the Soviet era.  In The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf, Marat Grinberg argues that in an environment where Judaism had been all but destroyed, and a public Jewish presence routinely delegitimized, reading uniquely provided many Soviet Jews with an entry to communal memory and identity. The bookshelf was both a depository of selective Jewish knowledge and often the only conspicuously Jewish presence in their homes. The typical Soviet Jewish bookshelf consisted of a few translated works from Hebrew and numerous translations from Yiddish and German as well as Russian books with both noticeable and subterranean Jewish content. Such volumes, officially published, and not intended solely for a Jewish audience, afforded an opportunity for Soviet Jews to indulge insubordinate feelings in a largely safe manner. Grinberg is interested in pinpointing and decoding the complex reading strategies and the specifically Jewish uses to which the books on the Soviet Jewish bookshelf were put. He reveals that not only Jews read them, but Jews read them in a specific way. Â

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THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE CLASSIC JEWISH COOKBOOK WITH NEW RECIPES AND MATERIALIn this internationally acclaimed book, Claudia Roden interweaves more than 800 recipes with the stories and histories that have shaped Jewish cooking over the centuries. The recipes are treasures garnered from almost sixteen years of Roden''s research around the world, enjoying the immense diversity of traditional Jewish food. Roden shares the most essential dishes from her native Egypt and beyond, taking us on a journey through the Jewish Diaspora: from the Ashkenazi world there is hallah bread, wine-poached salmon and luscious plum tarts, and the Sephardi chapter boasts an array of tabbouleh, falafel and the inimitable orange Passover cake. The result is a cookbook unlike any other: a learned, loving and delicious tribute to the variety and vitality of Jewish culture the world over. With new material for this special twenty-fifth anniversary edition, this is the definitive book of Jewish cuisine; a celebration of the food, and the people, that have shaped our culinary world as we know it.

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''This book is funny, clever and, at times, heartbreaking. In other words, Jewish'' David Baddiel''[Baum is] intellectually luminous, psychologically penetrating, existentially anxious, and wonderfully funny'' Zadie Smith''Hilarious and thought-provoking'' David SchneiderThe Jewish joke is as old as Abraham, and like the Jews themselves it has wandered over the world, learned countless new languages, worked with a range of different materials, been performed in front of some pretty hostile crowds, but still retained its own distinctive identity. So what is it that animates the Jewish joke? Why are Jews so often thought of as ''funny''? And how old can a joke get?The Jewish Joke is a brilliant - and very funny - riff on Jewish jokes, about what marks them apart from other jokes, why they are important to Jewish identity and how they work. Ranging from self-deprecation to anti-Semitism, politics to sex, it looks at the past of Jewish joking and asks whether the Jewish joke has a future. With jokes from Amy Schumer, Lena Dunham and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as Freud and Marx (Groucho mostly), this is both a compendium and a commentary, light-hearted and deeply insightful.

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First published in 2004, The Jewish Study Bible is a landmark, one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of students of the Hebrew Bible. It has won acclaim from readers in all religious traditions.The Jewish Study Bible combines the entire Hebrew Bible--in the celebrated Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation--with explanatory notes, introductory materials, and essays by leading biblical scholars on virtually every aspect of the text, the world in which it was written, its interpretation, and its role in Jewish life. The quality of scholarship, easy-to-navigate format, and vibrant supplementary features bring the ancient text to life. This second edition includes revised annotations for nearly the entire Bible, as well as forty new and updated essays on many of the issues in Jewish interpretation, Jewish worship in the biblical and post-biblical periods, and the growing influence of the Hebrew Bible in the ancient world.The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition, is an essential resource for anyone interested in the Hebrew Bible.

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Remembering the Jewish and German Questions: Essays on Fairy Tales, Poetry, and Culture is a selection of Jack Zipes’s insightful essays and presentations on fairy tales, Jewish studies, philosophy, drama, and the German public sphere.The collection begins by considering how fairy tales have been shaped by societies, and how they have influenced society in turn. Zipes considers the history of the Grimms’ fairy tales and their popularity and spread – comparing them to an epidemic. The second chapter champions the work and significance of the great philosopher Ernst Bloch, with substantial engagement with the essay collection Not Yet: Reconsidering Ernst Bloch (Daniel and Moylan 1997). Chapter 3 probes into the way society makes sense of the world through fairy tales and fantasy. In Chapter 4, Zipes explores the shift and reemergence of Jewish culture in Germany in the 1990s. He turns to the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to offer insight into the usefulness of a "minor literature" for grasping the impact of Jewish culture as a minor culture in Germany. The next chapter provides a fascinating case study of Hungarian writer and theater director George Tabori’s relationship to the Jewish Question through examination of his plays from ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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An extensive collection of Jewish texts and visual artifacts, representing the memory, identity, and culture of ancient Jewish life over nearly a thousand years  Volume 2 of the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization covers Jewish life as it evolved in the first several centuries following the biblical period. Jewish identity grew from its Israelite background and took on new dimensions, shaped by cultural exchanges and interactions with surrounding civilizations, including the Greek, Roman, Sasanian, and Parthian Empires. Shifts in Jewish culture during this long period include the rise of sectarianism, the expansion of the concept of Torah, the shift from Temple to synagogue, the disappearance of the priesthood and the emergence of rabbis, and the development of new forms of liturgy.  These years laid the groundwork for the rich tapestry of Jewish identity that would continue to evolve throughout history. Providing a robust collection of written and visual primary resources, Volume 2 affords an unmatched opportunity to discover the forms and movements of ancient Judaism and the institutions around which Jews centered their lives.

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My dreadful situation forced me … to try splitting myself into a Black self and a White self, to keep from being crushed by the terrible void around meA prisoner of the Nazis for years, what if your only stimulation was imagining games of chess against yourself, second-guessing your increasingly obsessed and divided brain? Then, decades later, you can play the World Champion, but might it return you to the edge of madness … and tip you over?

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Spielberg, Brin, Dell, Seinfeld—phenomenally successful . . . and Jewish. Why have Jews risen to the top of the business and professional world in numbers staggeringly out of proportion to their percentage of the American population? Steven Silbiger has the answer. Based on the author''s synthesis of wide reading and research, The Jewish Phenomenon sets forth seven principles that form the bedrock of Jewish financial success. With startling statistics, a wealth of anecdotes, and the fascinating details behind some of America''s biggest business success stories, Silbiger convincingly shows how these seven keys have helped the Jews historically and how they continue to ensure Jewish success today. More important, the author makes clear that these principles are equally at the disposal of Jews and non-Jews alike. The amazing success of the Jews simply proves that they work. The Jewish Phenomenon pays tribute not merely to the success of a people but to the commonsense wisdom and enduring values that can enrich us all.

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Stark, intense, overpowering, A Chess Story is a grandmaster's examination of madness and the power of a mind willing to sacrifice everything to win.

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A stunning new edition of a darkly “touching and delightful” tale of seduction, jealousy, and betrayal from the master of the novella (The New York Times) Bored on holiday at an Austrian mountain resort, the suave Baron takes a fancy to twelve-year-old Edgar’s mother. But when his initial advances are rejected, he must turn to other means to carry out his seduction. Instead, he lavishes his attention on Edgar, deploying all of his adult charms and wiles to befriend the boy and get closer to the woman he desires. The initially unsuspecting child soon senses something is amiss, but he has no idea of the burning secret that is driving the affair—and that it will soon change his life forever.Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.

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As Jewish writers, artists, and intellectuals made their way into Western European and Anglo-American cultural centers, they encountered a society obsessed with decadence. An avant-garde movement characterized by self-consciously artificial art and literature, philosophic pessimism, and an interest in nonnormative sexualities, decadence was also a smear, whereby Jews were viewed as the source of social and cultural decline. In The Jewish Decadence, Jonathan Freedman argues that Jewish engagement with decadence played a major role in the emergence of modernism and the making of Jewish culture from the 1870s to the present. Â The first to tell this sweeping story, Freedman demonstrates the centrality of decadence to the aesthetics of modernity and its inextricability from Jewishness. Freedman recounts a series of diverse and surprising episodes that he insists do not belong solely to the past, but instead reveal that the identification of Jewishness with decadence persists today.

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Jewish Ethics: The Basics demonstrates how ancient and contemporary ideas have shaped and reshaped Jewish traditions about how to act toward others. Readers are introduced to foundational questions, controversies, and diverse ethical conclusions developed by Jewish thinkers throughout the ages. Topics addressed include:• Assumptions about authority• Love, Compassion, Justice and Humility• Human Rights, War, Land and Power • Gender and Sexuality• Personal and Social Ethics• Environmental and Animal Ethics• Bioethical Issues Concise, readable and engaging, this is the ideal introduction for anyone interested in religious ethics, secular traditions, Judaism, and the field of Jewish ethics.

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The dazzling new novel by Stefan Hertmans, author of the modern classic War and Turpentine.''Magnificent'' Philippe Sands''Powerful and humane'' Observer''An utterly masterly book'' Jonathan CoeIn 1979, Stefan Hertmans fell in love with a dilapidated old house in Ghent, Belgium, which he restored to become his peaceful sanctuary. Now, all these years later, he learns that a bust of Hitler once sat on the mantelpiece, and a war criminal and his family relaxed in its rooms.This shocking discovery sends Hertmans off to the archives, to uncover the secrets of the house and to reimagine this man''s life and expose the atrocities he''s responsible for. We see Willem Verhulst as a weak, narcissistic man who climbed high in the ranks of the SS; a fascinating case study for the cruel and perverse mentality of the Nazis.The Ascent portrays the deep tragedy of Flemish collaboration during the Second World War, as Hertmans masterfully brings history and the house to life, imagining individual lives to tell the greater European story.Translated from the Dutch by David McKay

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