Beware of Pity
Editorial PUSHKIN PRESS
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- Publisher PUSHKIN PRESS
- ISBN13 9781805330226
- ISBN10 1805330225
- Type Book
- Pages 464
- Published 2023
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
Sections
English LiteratureBeware of Pity
Editorial PUSHKIN PRESS
Do you want to pick it up at the bookstore?
Mainland Spain
Book Details
'Zweig's fictional masterpiece' GUARDIAN'An intoxicating, morally shaking read... A real reminder of what fiction can do best' ALI SMITH 'It's just a masterpiece. When I read it I thought, how is it that I don't already know about this?' WES ANDERSON_______________The only novel written by one of the most popular writers of the twentieth centuryIn 1913, young second lieutenant Hofmiller discovers the terrible danger of pity.
He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance-so begins a series of visits, motivated by pity, which relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope. Stefan Zweig's unforgettable novel is a devastating depiction of the betrayal of both honour and love, amid the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.