Messages from a Lost World: Europe on the Brink

Author:   Stefan Zweig (Author) ,  John Gray (Translator) ,  Will Stone
Publisher:   Pushkin Press
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9781782272298


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 March 2017
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Author:   Stefan Zweig (Author) ,  John Gray (Translator) ,  Will Stone
Publisher:   Pushkin Press
Imprint:   Pushkin Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.181kg
ISBN:  

9781782272298


ISBN 10:   1782272291
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 March 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Language:   English

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A necessary addition to any Zweig library. Independent One of liberalism's greatest defenders New Republic Zweig's impassioned pursuit of personal freedom seems more relevant than ever Newsweek At a time of monetary crisis and political disorder, of mounting border controls and barbed-wire fences... Zweig's celebration of the brotherhood of peoples reminds us that there is another way The Nation One major bonus of the volume is the introduction by Will Stone, translator of the lost messages . Not only is his analysis of the 10 newly translated works masterly, but his translation is forceful and muscular European Literature Network The earliest pieces in Messages From a Lost World contain Zweig's musings on the spiritual impact of the war, written while it was still in progress and with no end in sight. They are the thoughts of a man trying to find his way out of what must have seemed a completely reasonable state of despair... in pieces from the 1920s and early '30s, Zweig takes it as a moral imperative to champion the cause of peace by reminding his readers and listeners that humanity could no longer afford the sort of belligerent nationalism that had led them into the Great War Inside Higher Ed Pushkin Press leads the Zweig revival... while it is disheartening to read these pieces today, knowing how Zweig's life ended, it is inspiring to see that they have been published. However defeated Zweig might appear to contemporary readers, however aloof or naive, his idea of the European soul is still worth defending... a source of insight into our troubled times The Northwest Review of Books Messages from a Lost World is ably translated... by Will Stone, making it an extraordinary and highly recommended addition to community and academic library collections. Messages from a Lost World is a lasting legacy for a new generation of readers from this memorable philosophy and dedicated historian Midwest Book Review If the world could be changed by elegantly expressed humanist sentiments, this passage, from a speech delivered in 1932, might have altered the course of history Education News


<i>Messages From a Lost World</i>, a collection of Zweig s nonfiction work . . . 10 essays cover the years 1914 to 1941, and they re linked by themes as relevant now as they were in Zweig s own day: the divisions between open and closed borders, between nationalism and internationalism, barbarism and civilization, tolerance and prejudice, ego and amity, intelligence and ignorance, war and peace. Together, they amount to a manifesto of fraternity in an age of catastrophe. . . .Zweig s transnational visions in<i>Messages</i>are a product of his displacement, and a sharp reminder to citizens about the agony of being stateless in the present age of the refugee. . .Zweig s message of fraternity is welcome right now. His dream of a united and more humane Europe has been realized to a degree under the aegis of the European Union. But even this partially realized version is now under serious threat. At a time of monetary crisis and political disorder, of mounting border controls and barbed-wire fences Zweig s celebration of the brotherhood of peoples reminds us that there is another way. <i><b> The Nation</b></i> One of liberalism's greatest defenders. <i><b>New Republic</b></i> Zweig's impassioned pursuit of personal freedom seems more relevant than ever. <i><b>Newsweek</b></i> These essays, few in number but rich in content, reveal the essence of Zweig's thought...<i>Messages from a Lost World</i>is ably translated from German into English for an American readership by Will Stone, making it an extraordinary and highly recommended addition to community and academic library collections. <i>Messages from a Lost World</i> is a lasting legacy for a new generation of readers from this memorable philosophy and dedicated historian. <i><b> Midwest Book Review</b></i> The earliest pieces in<i>Messages From a Lost World</i>contain Zweig s musings on the spiritual impact of the war, written while it was still in progress and with no end in sight. They are the thoughts of a man trying to find his way out of what must have seemed a completely reasonable state of despair. . . In pieces from the 1920s and early 30s, Zweig takes it as a moral imperative to champion the cause of peace by reminding his readers and listeners that humanity could no longer afford the sort of belligerent nationalism that had led them into the Great War. <i><b> Inside Higher Ed</b></i><b> Pushkin Press leads the Zweig revival: in the past ten years it has published thirty of his books, the latest of which is Messages from a Lost World, a collection of essays and speeches translated by Will Stone. Ranging from 1914 to 1941, they survey the conflict in Europe between civilization and barbarism. . .While it is disheartening to read these pieces today, knowing how Zweig s life ended, it is inspiring to see that they have been published. However defeated Zweig might appear to contemporary readers, however aloof or naive, his idea of the European soul is still worth defending. <i><b> Northwest Review of Books</b></i> The earliest pieces in Messages From a Lost World contain Zweig s musings on the spiritual impact of the war, written while it was still in progress and with no end in sight. They are the thoughts of a man trying to find his way out of what must have seemed a completely reasonable state of despair...In pieces from the 1920s and early 30s, Zweig takes it as a moral imperative to champion the cause of peace by reminding his readers and listeners that humanity could no longer afford the sort of belligerent nationalism that had led them into the Great War. <i><b> Education News</b></i> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>


A necessary addition to any Zweig library. Independent One of liberalism's greatest defenders New Republic Zweig's impassioned pursuit of personal freedom seems more relevant than ever Newsweek At a time of monetary crisis and political disorder, of mounting border controls and barbed-wire fences... Zweig's celebration of the brotherhood of peoples reminds us that there is another way The Nation One major bonus of the volume is the introduction by Will Stone, translator of the lost messages . Not only is his analysis of the 10 newly translated works masterly, but his translation is forceful and muscular European Literature Network Never had a book seemed more timely, more eloquent and persuasive, than this small collection of essays by Austrian novelist and man of letters, Stefan Zweig... it is writers like Stefan Zweig who act as watchdogs of civilisation itself, and who, with their culture spirit and love of humanity, guide the rest of us forward: beacons of light in a dark, dark night On Magazine The earliest pieces in Messages From a Lost World contain Zweig's musings on the spiritual impact of the war, written while it was still in progress and with no end in sight. They are the thoughts of a man trying to find his way out of what must have seemed a completely reasonable state of despair... in pieces from the 1920s and early '30s, Zweig takes it as a moral imperative to champion the cause of peace by reminding his readers and listeners that humanity could no longer afford the sort of belligerent nationalism that had led them into the Great War Inside Higher Ed Pushkin Press leads the Zweig revival... while it is disheartening to read these pieces today, knowing how Zweig's life ended, it is inspiring to see that they have been published. However defeated Zweig might appear to contemporary readers, however aloof or naive, his idea of the European soul is still worth defending... a source of insight into our troubled times The Northwest Review of Books Messages from a Lost World is ably translated... by Will Stone, making it an extraordinary and highly recommended addition to community and academic library collections. Messages from a Lost World is a lasting legacy for a new generation of readers from this memorable philosophy and dedicated historian Midwest Book Review If the world could be changed by elegantly expressed humanist sentiments, this passage, from a speech delivered in 1932, might have altered the course of history Education News


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Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a translator and later as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and enjoying literary fame. His stories and novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the rise of Nazism, he briefly moved to London, taking British citizenship. After a short period in New York, he settled in Brazil where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in bed in an apparent double suicide.

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