the post office girl stefan zweig

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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'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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With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?1915. On Beth Healey''s eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight. No longer able to stand working in her parents'' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office''s new Home Depot on the Regent''s Park, and is astounded to be accepted. She will be responsible for making sure that letters and parcels get through to the troops on the front line. Beth is thrilled to be a crucial part of the war effort and soon makes friends with fellow post girls Milly and Nora, and meets the handsome James. But just as she begins to feel that her life has finally begun, everything starts falling apart, with devastating consequences for Beth and perhaps even the outcome of the war itself. Can Beth and her new friends keep it all together and find happiness at last?The Post Office Girls is perfect for fans of Johanna Bell, Daisy Styles and Nancy Revell.READERS LOVE THE POST OFFICE GIRLS!''A superb debut novel'' - ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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This compelling work explores the profound experiences of persecution and exile as seen through the interconnected lives of Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth and Walter Benjamin. All were displaced and hunted to death by fascism. Their literary brilliance, tumultuous lives and tragic ends continue to captivate the imagination and inspire. By bringing together the extraordinary stories of Zweig, Roth and Benjamin for the first time in a single overview, Richard Harper offers a thought-provoking examination of the meaning and feeling of displacement, so highly relevant to the widespread and challenging issues of persecution and migration today.

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Thefirst forensic account of how the Post Office, the British government and aglobal IT company ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people

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The English Legal System combines comprehensive and thorough coverage of the main topics covered on English legal system courses with a lively and engaging style to capture students'' attention and provide them with a firm foundation for their study of law. This book enables students to first understand all the key areas of the English legal system, and then to engage with the subject fully for themselves. The law is not just presented but critiqued, with a range of learning features which encourage students to actively engage with contentious issues and difficult questions. Everyday examples help students to apply their knowledge of the law in a practical way, while questions for reflection help students to analyse, evaluate, and think critically. Aided by a clear structure, arranged in five parts, students will be able to fully grasp the processes involving in making and reforming the law. Selling Points- The authors'' clear and lively style makes the subject matter easy to follow- Comprehensive coverage of the English legal system provides students with knowledge of all the key concepts covered on most courses- Reflective learning features encourage students to ask questions and think critically about the more controversial aspects of the legal system- ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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What would happen if you finally met your soul mate - but they were married to someone else?THE SWEEPING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER'Ambition, forbidden love and great longing... A magnificent storyteller' ADRIANA TRIGIANI'Weaving herself into the fabric of a southern Italian village during WWII, Anna challenges the status quo as the first female letter carrier in town. A connective string between its inhabitants, she not just delivers mail but the winds of change' BARNES & NOBLESalento, Italy, June 1934.A coach stops in the main square of Lizzanello, a tight-knit village where everyone knows each other. A couple gets off: The man, Carlo, a child of the South, is happy to be back home after a long time away; the woman, Anna his wife, is a stranger from the North. Carlo's brother is there to meet them, and he and everyone else can't help but notice that Anna is as beautiful as a Greek statue.But Anna is not like the other wives. She doesn't gossip or attend church. She reads books no one else has ever heard of.She even wears pants, just like a man, and thinks a woman should have rights just like a man. There aren't many ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Village Green Bookshop is a heartwarming story of good books and good friends, by the bestselling author of The Telephone Box Library, Rachael Lucas.''The perfect escapist read set in a beautiful Cotswolds village'' – Tasmina Perry, author of Seven Nights in Paris''It is a warm gorgeous hug of a book with all the feels'' – Liz Fenwick, author of The Cornish HouseFrustrated that she spends all her time as either a mum to a football-obsessed teenager or a wife to a workaholic husband, Hannah wants something for herself. When the chance comes to take over the Post Office in Little Maudley, a charming Cotswold village, Hannah grabs it with both hands.But village life is not so picture-perfect after all: Hannah finds herself an outsider in this tight-knit community where the height of your hedge is a gossip-worthy subject. Even her idea to introduce a small bookshop to the Post Office causes a stir. At least Ben seems to have found his place as he joins the local football team, coached by ex-professional Jake Lovatt. But a shocking secret from their past threatens to uproot the new life they’ve made for themselves, and has drastic consequences . . .Set in ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The Austrian playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) is acknowledged as among the major writers of our times. At once pessimistic and exhilarating, Bernhard's work depicts the corruption of the modern world, the dynamics of totalitarianism, and the interplay of reality and appearance. In this stunning translation of The Voice Imitator, Bernhard gives us one of his most darkly comic works. A series of parable-like anecdotes—some drawn from newspaper reports, some from conversation, some from hearsay—this satire is both subtle and acerbic. What initially appear to be quaint little stories inevitably indict the sterility and callousness of modern life, not just in urban centers but everywhere. Bernhard presents an ordinary world careening into absurdity and disaster. Politicians, professionals, tourists, civil servants—the usual victims of Bernhard's inspired misanthropy—succumb one after another to madness, mishap, or suicide. The shortest piece, titled "Mail," illustrates the anonymity and alienation that have become standard in contemporary society: "For years after our mother's death, the Post Office still delivered letters that were addressed to her. The Post Office had taken no notice of her death."In his disarming, sometimes hilarious style, Bernhard delivers a lethal punch with every anecdote. George Steiner has connected Bernhard to "the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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* WINNER OF THE BBC INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD 2012 *Prepare to discover a fascinating country; a land buffeted for centuries by power-struggles and revolts, lorded over by Turks, carved up by its neighbours, and subsumed into the Soviet Union. Yet also a land of proud and resilient people, of crawfish hunters and bagpipe makers, shepherds and gypsies, in which daily life goes on. So meet the teenager who swims by night across a border river to steal a kiss from his girlfriend, the ageing man who finds a cachet of loveletters his wife has kept for sixty years, and the post-Communist girl, an avowed thief with a heart of gold.Here are Miroslav Penkov''s beguiling, surprising and moving visions of his home country, Bulgaria: stories of people who mourn the way things were and long for what will never be, who wrestle with the weight of history, the debt to the family and the pangs of exile. And here is a remarkable new writer, who combines an eye for the absurd with great empathy to give a fresh and inspiring insight into our common humanity.

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‘Share[s] the life-enhancing joys of the humble hen’ Sunday Times‘Clocks our obsession with chicken-keeping … Brilliant’ New York MagazineAn immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting by a journalist who accidentally became obsessed with her flock.Since first domesticating the chicken thousands of years ago, humans have become exceptionally adept at raising them for food. Yet most people rarely interact with chickens or know much about them. In Under the Henfluence, Tove Danovich explores the lives of these quirky, mysterious birds who stole her heart the moment her first box of chicks arrived at the post office.From a hatchery in Iowa to a chicken show in Ohio to a rooster rescue in Minnesota, Danovich interviews the people breeding, training, healing and, most importantly, adoring chickens. With more than 60 billion chickens living on industrial farms around the world, they’re easy to dismiss as just another dinner ingredient. Yet Danovich’s reporting reveals the hidden cleverness, quiet sweetness and irresistible personalities of these birds, as well as the complex human–chicken relationship that has evolved over centuries. This glimpse into the lives of backyard chickens doesn’t just help us to understand chickens better – it also casts light back on ourselves and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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‘Share[s] the life-enhancing joys of the humble hen’ Sunday Times‘Clocks our obsession with chicken-keeping … Brilliant’ New York MagazineAn immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting by a journalist who accidentally became obsessed with her flock.Since first domesticating the chicken thousands of years ago, humans have become exceptionally adept at raising them for food. Yet most people rarely interact with chickens or know much about them. In Under the Henfluence, Tove Danovich explores the lives of these quirky, mysterious birds who stole her heart the moment her first box of chicks arrived at the post office.From a hatchery in Iowa to a chicken show in Ohio to a rooster rescue in Minnesota, Danovich interviews the people breeding, training, healing and, most importantly, adoring chickens. With more than 60 billion chickens living on industrial farms around the world, they’re easy to dismiss as just another dinner ingredient. Yet Danovich’s reporting reveals the hidden cleverness, quiet sweetness and irresistible personalities of these birds, as well as the complex human–chicken relationship that has evolved over centuries. This glimpse into the lives of backyard chickens doesn’t just help us to understand chickens better – it also casts light back on ourselves and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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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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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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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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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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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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The Great Post Office Scandal is the extraordinary story behind the recent ITV drama series Mr Bates vs The Post Office. It tells of how thousands of subpostmasters were accused of theft and false accounting on the back of evidence from Horizon, the flawed computer system designed by Fujitsu, and how a group of them, led by Alan Bates, took their fight to the High Court. Their eventual victory in court vindicated their claims about the defects of the software and exposed the heavy handed attempts by the Post Office to suppress them. The book also recounts how successive senior managers, business leaders, lawyers, civil servants and Government ministers, at best failed to expose the injustice or, even worse, sought to cover it up, resulting in one of the largest miscarriages of justice in UK history. The author, Nick Wallis, is a journalist and broadcaster who has been reporting on the scandal for over ten years and who acted as script consultant on Mr Bates vs The Post Office, the ITV drama that brought the affair into the national consciousness.As the public inquiry reaches its climax, and senior figures such as Paula Vennells come to be questioned, The Great Post ... 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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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"

Objev podobné jako Opojenie z premeny - Stefan Zweig

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.

Objev podobné jako Hvězdné hodiny lidstva - Stefan Zweig

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"

Objev podobné jako Netrpělivost srdce - Stefan Zweig - audiokniha

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.

Objev podobné jako Chess - Stefan Zweig

''... 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.

Objev podobné jako Chess - Stefan Zweig

'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.

Objev podobné jako Beware of Pity - Stefan Zweig

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

Objev podobné jako Shooting Stars - Stefan Zweig

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.

Objev podobné jako Nietzsche - Stefan Zweig

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.

Objev podobné jako The Royal Game: A Chess Story - Stefan Zweig

Henry Chinaski is a lowlife loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial post office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, Post Office is a landmark in American literature, and over 1 million copies have been sold worldwide.The new edition is augmented with an anecdotal introduction by the modern Welsh cult-literary author, Niall Griffiths - a writer who was working in a British post office when he first read Bukowski''s Post Office.

Objev podobné jako Post Office - Charles Bukowski

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

Objev podobné jako Svědomí proti násilí - Stefan Zweig - audiokniha

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"

Objev podobné jako Svědomí proti násilí - Castelliův zápas s Kalvínem - Stefan Zweig

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.

Objev podobné jako A Game of Chess and Other Stories: New Translation - Stefan Zweig

Curl up with the perfect festive saga read!Can they deliver hope and friendship this Christmas? 1915. After the recent dramatic events at the Home Depot, Milly Woods is looking forward to spending as much time as possible with her Post Office girls, Nora and Beth - known as Liza to her friends. With Christmas fast approaching, their job of getting millions of letters and parcels to the troops on the front line is more important than ever.But when Milly is moved to a different department, she and the girls struggle to find time to spend together. Feeling more and more lonely, Milly finds company and common ground at her local suffragette group - as well as catching the eye of a wounded ex-soldier at the Home Depot.But soon, Milly discovers that her new friends might not be what they seem. As she is drawn into a deadly plan that could affect the outcome of the war, can her Post Office girls help her get back on track, and scupper the plan in time for Christmas?READERS LOVE THE POST OFFICE GIRLS!''A superb debut novel'' - 5 STARS''Entertaining, enlightening and thoroughly enjoyable'' - 5 STARS''I absolutely loved this book and I am ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako A Post Office Christmas - Poppy Cooper

Charles Bukowski’s classic roman à clef, Post Office, captures the despair, drudgery, and happy dissolution of his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, as he enters middle age.Post Office is an account of Bukowski alter-ego Henry Chinaski. It covers the period of Chinaski’s life from the mid-1950s to his resignation from the United States Postal Service in 1969, interrupted only by a brief hiatus during which he supported himself by gambling at horse races.“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter

Objev podobné jako Post Office - Charles Bukowski

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?

Objev podobné jako Chess - Stefan Zweig

‘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

Objev podobné jako Six Stories - Stefan Zweig

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.

Objev podobné jako A Chess Story - Stefan Zweig

An expert offers a guide to where we should use artificial intelligence—and where we should not.Before we know it, artificial intelligence (AI) will work its way into every corner of our lives, making decisions about, with, and for us. Is this a good thing? There’s a tendency to think that machines can be more “objective” than humans—can make better decisions about job applicants, for example, or risk assessments. In Awkward Intelligence, AI expert Katharina Zweig offers readers the inside story, explaining how many levers computer and data scientists must pull for AI’s supposedly objective decision making. She presents the good and the bad: AI is good at processing vast quantities of data that humans cannot—but it’s bad at making judgments about people. AI is accurate at sifting through billions of websites to offer up the best results for our search queries and it has beaten reigning champions in games of chess and Go. But, drawing on her own research, Zweig shows how inaccurate AI is, for example, at predicting whether someone with a previous conviction will become a repeat offender. It’s no better than simple guesswork, and yet it’s used to determine people’s futures. Zweig introduces readers to the basics ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Awkward Intelligence - Katharina A. Zweig, Noah Block-Harley

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.

Objev podobné jako Burning Secret - Stefan Zweig

Was Marxism a variety of German Idealist self-actualization in economic form? A deeply flawed blueprint for social engineering? A catechism for post-colonial insurgencies? the intellectual foundations of modern social democracy? In this wide ranging summation, Sullivan tackles the multi-tentacled reach of Marx''s legacy, and explores both the limits and the lasting significance of his ideas. Structured around three obstacles to freedom - poverty, corruption and banality - the work engages both Marx and his critics in addressing unresolved issues of the current social and political order. As such, the work, after two introductory chapters, leaves behind Marxology and its familiar cast of characters (Bernstein, Kautsky, Adorno, Lukacs, Fanon, Horkheimer, Marcuse, etc.) to address both neo-Marxist and non-Marxist interpretations of these obstacles. These include growth-led poverty alleviation, human capital theory, current debates on rent-seeking and public choice theory, weaknesses in Frankfurt School approaches to mass culture, and emerging trends in cyberspace and leisure consumption. Marx for a Post-Communist Era is credited as a foundational theoretical source in a wide range of contemporary studies. Some examples include a government-sponsored anti-corruption report in Peru, a study of neoliberalism and education reform in the UK, and an urban planning essay on museum spaces and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Marx for a Post-Communist Era - Stefan Sullivan

Immerse yourself with architects Florian Idenburg and LeeAnn Suen as they journey through a wide-ranging collection of the objects, systems, and buildings that have occupied the American office space since the advent of the internet. Through stories and speculations, Idenburg and Suen expose the relationships between space, work, and people, and explore the intentions that have driven the development of office design for working humans. In twelve essays, this book examines the spatial typologies and global phenomena that have defined the office in the last half century. Topics include the return of the work club, the rise of the corporate festival, the way of the charismatic guru, the shattering of the time clock, and the design of playgrounds for work. We cycle through Frank O. Gehry's radical, playful spaces for digital nomads in the advertising world, stagger under the weight of stacks of punch cards, feel the fit of our bodies in the Aeron Chair, answer the phone in Hugh Hefner's bed, and scroll through Lil Miquela's feed. Photographic essays by Iwan Baan provide a visual post-occupancy report on a range of canonical office projects, such as Marcel Breuer's IBM campus in Florida and the Ford Foundation's urban garden in ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The Office of Good Intentions. Human(s) Work - Florian Idenburg, LeeAnn Suen, Iwan Baan

Inheriting unexpected millions has left reporter Jim Qwilleran looking like the cat who swallowed the canary. While his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, adjust to being fat cats in an enormous mansion, Qwilleran samples the life-styles of the rich and famous by hiring a staff of eccentric servants. A missing housemaid and a shocking murder soon show him the unsavoury side of the upper crust. But it''s Koko''s purr-fect propensity for clues amid the caviar and champagne that gives Qwilleran pause to evaluate the most unlikely suspects...before his taste for the good life turns into his last meal.

Objev podobné jako The Cat Who Played Post Office (The Cat Who… Mysteries, Book 6) - Lilian Jackson Braun