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A Chess Story by Stefan Zweig
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pushkin Collection
An epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of persecution and obsession. One of the most perfectly gripping novellas from a master of the form, Stefan Zweig. Chess world champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertai ...Show more
Amok by Stefan Zweig (Author)
$9.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
On a sweltering ocean-liner travelling from India to Europe a passenger tells his story: the tale of a doctor in the Dutch East Indies torn between his duty and the pull of his emotions; a tale of power and desire, pride and shame and a headlong flight into folly. This is one the most intense and incisi ...Show more
BEWARE OF PITY by ZWEIG STEFAN
$22.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
"Stefan Zweig's brilliant novel, Beware of Pity, is an original and powerful work."-The New York Times The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, and Beware of Pity, the only novel he published during his lifetime, uncovers the seed of selfishness within even ...Show more
Beware Of Pity by Stefan Zweig
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
In 1913, a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible dangers of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance-his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope. Stefan Zweig's only novel is a devastatingly unindulgent portrayal of the to ...Show more
Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The only novel written by one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century. 'Zweig's fictional masterpiece' - The 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 ...Show more
Burning Secret by Stefan Zweig (Author)
$9.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pushkin Collection
The Baron, bored on holiday, begins a flirtation with a beautiful woman via her twelve-year-old son. He befriends the child and charms him, all the while attempting to seduce the mother - but he cannot begin to imagine the effect he is having on the boy's life...Burning Secret is a witty, potent look at ...Show more
Burning Secret by Stefan Zweig
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pushkin Collection
Burning Secret (Brennendes Geheimnis) is a darkly compelling coming-of-age story-a tale of seduction, jealousy and betrayal from the master of the novella, Stefan Zweig A suave baron takes a fancy to twelve-year-old Edgar's mother, while the three are holidaying in an Austrian mountain resort. His initi ...Show more
Chess: A Novel by Stefan Zweig
$14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'... 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 f ...Show more
Chess: A Novel by Stefan Zweig
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
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-SmithA group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, u ...Show more
Confusion by Stefan Zweig
$9.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Roland, a young student at a new university, meets an inspirational teacher who sweeps him into his world of literature and learning. When the boy moves into the same building as the teacher and his wife, he becomes ever closer to this remarkable man, though he also senses his mentor pulling away from h ...Show more
Confusion - The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R Von D by Stefan Zweig
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pushkin Collection | Reading Level: near fine
A young student finds himself drawn ever closer to his passionate and enigmatic English teacher In the autumn of his days, a privy councillor contemplates his past, looking back at the key moments in his life. He remembers sharing a lodging with a professor and his wife and a close friendship is formed. ...Show more