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Beware of Pity
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Pushkin Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 96W679W
EAN: 9781805330226
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6
Zustellung: Mi, 01.07.2026
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Beschreibung
Stefan Zweig's tragic novel of guilt, yearning, and the danger of pity, which inspired Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel. "Original and powerful. " -The New York Times. The only novel Zweig-one of the most popular authors of the 20th century-completed and published during his lifetime, Beware of Pity. is a heartrending tale of unequal affection, unintended consequences, and a world falling to pieces. In 1913, young second lieutenant Hofmiller discovers the terrible danger of pity. Stationed at the edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he is invited to a party by a rich local landowner, who also happens to have a pretty daughter. But when Hofmiller asks the girl to dance he unleashes a fatal chain of consequences. He had no idea she was lame, and finds himself in an agony of shamed embarrassment. So begins a series of visits, motivated by pity, which relieves his guilt but gives her a dangerous glimmer of hope. Stefan Zweig's only full-length novel has inspired multiple stage adaptations and was the starting point for Wes Anderson's film The Grand Budapest Hotel. Unfolding in a breathless sweep from Hofmiller's initial mistake, it displays at full length all the psychological insight and emotional intensity known to readers of Zweig's bestselling novellas. A century after it was first written, Beware of Pity. remains a devastating depiction of the betrayal of both honour and love, realised against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the beginnings of the First World War.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Stefan Zweig
- Anthea Bell
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2023
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Detailformat
- Taschenbuch
Anzahl Seiten
- 460