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26%OFFVolker Weidermann - Summer Before the Dark: Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth, Ostend 1936 - 9781782272977 - V9781782272977
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Summer Before the Dark: Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth, Ostend 1936

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Description for Summer Before the Dark: Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth, Ostend 1936 Paperback. Translator(s): Janeway, Carol Brown. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174.
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week It's as if they're made for each other. Two men, both falling, but holding each other up for a time. Ostend, 1936: the Belgian seaside town is playing host to a coterie of artists, intellectuals and madmen, who find themselves in limbo while Europe gazes into an abyss of fascism and war. Among them is Stefan Zweig, a man in crisis: his German publisher has shunned him, his marriage is collapsing, his house in Austria no longer feels like home. Along with his lover Lotte, he ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782272977
SKU
V9781782272977
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5

About Volker Weidermann
The award-winning writer and literary critic Volker Weidermann was born in Germany in 1969, and studied political science and German language and literature in Heidelberg and Berlin. He is the cultural editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and lives in Berlin.

Reviews for Summer Before the Dark: Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth, Ostend 1936
Absolutely exquisite... a contemporary classic Dave Eggers Resonant... as Europe tumbles towards darkness, the writers in Ostend create a haven for love and literature - one they know is doomed - that Weidermann evokes with skill and delicacy Sunday Times Death in Venice with more sex, more booze, more action Financial Times For such a slim book to convey with ... Read more

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