Stefan and Lotte Zweig's South American letters : New York, Argentina and Brazil, 1940-42 / edited by Darién J. Davis and Oliver Marshall.
This title presents the previously unpublished letters of a major twentieth-century writer and his wife. Born in Vienna in 1881, Stefan Zweig was one of the most respected authors of his time. Foreseeing Nazi Germany's domination of Europe, Zweig left Austria in 1933. In 1941, following a succe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Continuum,
2010.
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| Summary: | This title presents the previously unpublished letters of a major twentieth-century writer and his wife. Born in Vienna in 1881, Stefan Zweig was one of the most respected authors of his time. Foreseeing Nazi Germany's domination of Europe, Zweig left Austria in 1933. In 1941, following a successful lecture tour of South America and several months in New York, Stefan Zweig and his wife Lotte emigrated to Brazil. Despairing at Europe's future and feeling increasingly isolated, the Zweigs committed suicide together in 1942. Stefan Zweig was an incessant correspondent but as the 1930s progressed. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 210 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441135124 144113512X |