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Title: The Invisible Collection/Buchmendel by Stefan Zweig, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul, Cedar ISBN: 1-901285-00-6 Publisher: Pushkin Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: I don't get it.
Comment: The existence of this slim volume baffles me. Alright, it is certainly true that Zweig's stories, many of which are absolutely marvelous, are in dire need of a re-release that would hopefully do something to alleviate their obscurity. Very well; perhaps the editors were operating out of this noble idea. Why, then, did they release only two Zweig stories, out of about twenty? And why did they make those two "Invisible Collection" and "Buchmendel"? Granted, both of them are good; the first is even great, certainly one of the man's best. But why only them? And furthermore, why charge the price of a full-length book for such an obviously sparse selection? I don't get it at all.
Bad judgment, certainly. However, it must be noted that neither of these two stories is included in the _other_ incomplete compilation, The Royal Game And Other Stories. Thus, if you liked those (and I don't see how you couldn't have), this book will make a good complement. However, even so, there are _still_ others that are in need of reprint but are included neither here nor there. Argh!
Rating: 5
Summary: Exquisite stories from a European master
Comment: During his lifetime (1881-1942) Stefan Zweig was one of the most celebrated authors in Europe, and anyone who ventures into his writings will understand why. Zweig's insights into and compassion for his fellow human beings is both astonishing and deeply moving. These two tales are among his most beautiful. "The Invisible Collection" is told by an art dealer, who sets out to purchase a print collection from an old man, only to find himself coerced by the man's family into complicity in a heart-breaking game of deception. (The story is more poignant if you know that Zweig himself was an avid collector of autographs and manuscripts.) "Buchmandel" is an equally wrenching tale of a old Jewish man who has a faultless memory for books, who's life falls apart with the advent of World War I. (Imagine a kind of East-European version of Borges' "Funes the Memorious.") These two tales take the art of story-telling to its most refined state, and you'll understand why Zweig's work was considered some of the greatest writing of its time.
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Title: The Royal Game & Other Stories by Stefan Zweig, Jill Sutcliffe ISBN: 0841914060 Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. Von D by Stefan Zweig, Anthea Bell ISBN: 1901285227 Publisher: Pushkin Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig ISBN: 0803252242 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: June, 1964 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman by Stefan Zweig, Anthea Bell ISBN: 1901285480 Publisher: Pushkin Press Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Casanova by Stefan Zweig, Cedar Paul, Eden Paul ISBN: 1901285189 Publisher: Pushkin Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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