A casual introduction, a challenge to a simple game of chess, a lovers' reunion, a meaningless infidelity: from such small seeds Zweig brings forth five startlingly tense tales-meditations on the fragility of love, the limits of obsession, the combustibility of secrets and betrayal. To read anything by Zweig is to risk addiction; in this collection the power of his writing-which, with its unabashed intensity and narrative drive, made him one of the bestselling and most acclaimed authors in the world-is clear and irresistible. Each of these stories is a bolt of experience, unforgettable and unique.
- ISBN10 178227202X
- ISBN13 9781782272021
- Publish Date 5 November 2015 (first published 29 October 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pushkin Press
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Language English