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Title: Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. Von D by Stefan Zweig, Anthea Bell ISBN: 1-901285-22-7 Publisher: Pushkin Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Zveig should be rediscovered
Comment: I knew of Zweig as Richard Strauss' librettist. Wanting to see what his work was like when he stood on his own I discovered his novella, "Confusion". Elegantly and tautly written it is the story of a respected professor reflecting back upon his life and about the man who had the greatest impact on his life. This man is his English professor. As a young student, our narrator is drawn to this brooding man and his mysterious wife. He is drawn into the web of their lives and the terrible secret that is hidden there.
Rating: 5
Summary: The complex relationship between student and teacher
Comment: A friend who teaches European lit asked me if I didn't think Stefan Zweig was "sentimental." But in the case of "Confusion," all the high emotion fits the story of a rather obsessive-compulsive young man, who is rather disinterested in learning until he meets the right teacher. Framed by the perspective of this same young man as a 60-year-old professor, the tale is even more poignant. This tale of an over-eager student, who can't see that he's behaving like a spurned lover when his teacher criticizes him, is a searing psychological study. Considering that Zweig gave the eulogy at Freud's funeral, who better to explore such things? I've never read a work by Zweig I didn't find richly textured, beautifully written, and deeply felt. If that's "sentimental," then I plead guilty!
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Title: The Invisible Collection/Buchmendel by Stefan Zweig, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul, Cedar ISBN: 1901285006 Publisher: Pushkin Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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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: 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: 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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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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