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The World of Yesterday: Memoires of a European (German title Die Welt von Gestern: Erinnerungen eines Europäers) is the memoir of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It has been called the most famous book on the Habsburg Empire.
The World of Yesterday is the inimitably enriching and enthralling literary memoir of Stefan Zweig, an Austrian writer who was one of the world's most popular in the 1930s until forced by Nazi pressure to flee continental Europe in 1934 and emigrate to England, the U. S., and ultimately Brazil.
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May 1, 2013 · See all formats and editions. By the author who inspired Wes Anderson’s film, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Written as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna—its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall.
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Dec 5, 2009 · The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig. Nicholas Lezard's choice. Fri 4 Dec 2009 19.05 EST. I am regularly delighted by the attention Pushkin Press pays to Stefan Zweig, once the...
The World of Yesterday. by Stefan Zweig & Anthea Bell (translator) Recommendations from our site. “It is a gripping read, written just before he committed suicide in Brazil…He wrote vividly about witnessing the outbreak of the First World War.
Aug 6, 2013 · The World of Yesterday, mailed to his publisher a few days before Stefan Zweig took his life in 1942, has become a classic of the memoir genre. Originally titled "Three Lives," the...
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Jan 1, 2011 · by S. Zweig (Author) 4.6 608 ratings. See all formats and editions. Stefan Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday, recalls the golden age of pre-war Europe—its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating fall.
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