A casual introduction, a challenge to a simple game of chess, a lovers'
reunion, a meaningless infidelity: from such small seeds Zweig brings
forth five startlingly tense tales--meditations on the fragility of
love, the limits of obsession, the combustibility of secrets and
betrayal.
To read anything by Zweig is to risk addiction; in this collection the
power of his writing--which, with its unabashed intensity and narrative
drive, made him one of the bestselling and most acclaimed authors in the
world--is clear and irresistible. Each of these stories is a bolt of
experience, unforgettable and unique.
Five of Stefan Zweig's most powerful novellas, containing some of his
most famous and best-loved work:
- Burning Secret
- A Chess Story
- Fear
- Confusion
- Journey into the Past
(Stand alone paperback editions of individual novellas from Pushkin and
New York Review of Books will remain in print.)