Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories
“What did Zweig have that brought him the fanatical devotion of millions of readers, the admiration of Herman Hesse, the invitation to give the eulogy at the funeral of Sigmund Freud? To learn that, we would have to have a biography that illuminatedallaspects of his work, that readallof his books, and that challenged, rather than accepted, the apparent modesty of his statements about his life and work.”– Benjamin Moser,BookforumIn the 1920s and 30s, Stefan Zweig was one of the most famous writers in the world. Thanks to the enterprising Pushkin Press, it is now possible to read the novellas on which his reputation must finally depend." - Paul Bailey,Times Literary Supplement"Touching and delightful. Those adjectives are not meant as faint praise. Zweig may be especially appealing now because rather than being a progenitor of big ideas, he was a serious entertainer, and an ardent and careful observer of habits, foibles, passions and mistakes."— A.O. Scott,The New York Times