Title: Encounters and destinies : a farewell to Europe /
Authors: Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942; Stone, William, 1966-
Year: 2020
Subjects: Zweig, Stefan, Travel Europe.; Zweig, Stefan, Friends and associates.; Europe Description and travel; Europe Intellectual life
Abstract: "Stefan Zweig was a born eulogist. In this collection of powerful elegies, homages and personal memories, Zweig forms a richly interconnected portrait of key creative figures in the European cultural diaspora up to 1939. Many of those mourned or celebrated here cast a long spiritual shadow over Zweig's own writing life: Verhaeren, Rolland, Nietzsche, Roth, Mahler, Rilke and Freud. Zweig's farewells, souvenirs and declarations of gratitude demonstrate his ardent pan-Europeanism and rich friendships across borders. Elegant and haunting, these tributes are a monument to his reverence for the arts and his belief in the sacredness of individualism."--www.bookdepository.com.