Encounters and Destinies
Subtitle: A Farewell to Europe
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: Oct 27, 2020
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781782273462
Description: "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.
Notes: Source title: Encounters and Destinies: A Farewell to Europe