《Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman》是PUSHKIN PRESS出版的圖書，作者是Stefan Zweig
基本介紹
- ISBN：9781782272151
- 作者：Stefan Zweig
- 出版社：PUSHKIN PRESS
- 出版時間：2016年
- 頁數：96
- 定價：GBP 6.99
- 裝幀：平裝
內容簡介
The less I felt in myself, the more strongly I was drawn to those places where the whirligig of life spins most rapidly. So begins an extraordinary day in the life of Mrs C. recently bereaved, searching for excitement and meaning, unable to resist the bright lights of a casino and the passion of a desperate stranger – she discovers a new purpose in her life. But at what cost? I...(展開全部) The less I felt in myself, the more strongly I was drawn to those places where the whirligig of life spins most rapidly. So begins an extraordinary day in the life of Mrs C. recently bereaved, searching for excitement and meaning, unable to resist the bright lights of a casino and the passion of a desperate stranger – she discovers a new purpose in her life. But at what cost? In this vivid and moving tale of a compassionate woman, and the experience which will for ever define her life, Zweig explores the power of intense love, overwhelming loneliness and agonizing regret, which can last a lifetime. 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. 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”. I...(展開全部) 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. 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 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he moved to London, and later on to Bath, taking British citizenship after the outbreak of the Second World War. With the fall of France in 1940 Zweig left Britai
