The impossible exile: Stefan Zweig at the end of the world
Description
By the 1930s, Stefan Zweig had become the most widely translated living author in the world. His novels, short stories, and biographies were so compelling that they became instant best sellers. Zweig was also an intellectual and a lover of all the arts, high and low. Yet after Hitler's rise to power, this celebrated writer who had dedicated so much energy to promoting international humanism plummeted, in a matter of a few years, into an increasingly isolated exile - from London to Bath to New York City, then Ossining, Rio, and finally Petropolis - where, in 1942, in a cramped bungalow, he killed himself. The Impossible Exile tells the tragic story of Zweig's extraordinary rise and fall while it also depicts, with great acumen, the gulf between the world of ideas in Europe and in America, and the consuming struggle of those forced to forsake one for the other. It also reveals how Zweig embodied, through his work, thoughts, and behavior, the end of an era - the implosion of Europe as an ideal of Western civilization.
More Details
ISBN:
9781590516126
9781590516133
9781590516133
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 6fa4a519-c6bc-6fee-35e5-8a6ee54299fb |
---|---|
Grouping Title | impossible exile stefan zweig at the end of the world |
Grouping Author | george prochnik |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-18 17:30:31PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-02 23:41:35PM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Prochnik, George
author_display
Prochnik, George
detailed_location_evld
EVLD Avon Public Library
display_description
By the 1930s, Stefan Zweig had become the most widely translated living author in the world. His novels, short stories, and biographies were so compelling that they became instant best sellers. Zweig was also an intellectual and a lover of all the arts, high and low. Yet after Hitler's rise to power, this celebrated writer who had dedicated so much energy to promoting international humanism plummeted, in a matter of a few years, into an increasingly isolated exile - from London to Bath to New York City, then Ossining, Rio, and finally Petropolis - where, in 1942, in a cramped bungalow, he killed himself. The Impossible Exile tells the tragic story of Zweig's extraordinary rise and fall while it also depicts, with great acumen, the gulf between the world of ideas in Europe and in America, and the consuming struggle of those forced to forsake one for the other. It also reveals how Zweig embodied, through his work, thoughts, and behavior, the end of an era - the implosion of Europe as an ideal of Western civilization.
format_category_evld
Books
format_evld
Book
id
6fa4a519-c6bc-6fee-35e5-8a6ee54299fb
isbn
9781590516126
9781590516133
9781590516133
itype_evld
Non-fiction
last_indexed
2024-05-03T05:41:35.173Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_evld
921 ZWE
owning_library_evld
EVLD Eagle Valley Library Dist.
owning_location_evld
EVLD Avon Public Library
primary_isbn
9781590516126
publishDate
2014
publisher
Other Press
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Authors, Austrian -- 20th century -- Biography
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Biography
Jewish authors -- 20th century -- Biography
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Psychology
Zweig, Stefan, -- 1881-1942
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Europe -- History -- 20th century -- Biography
Jewish authors -- 20th century -- Biography
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Psychology
Zweig, Stefan, -- 1881-1942
title_display
The impossible exile : Stefan Zweig at the end of the world
title_full
The impossible exile : Stefan Zweig at the end of the world / George Prochnik
The impossible exile [electronic resource] : Stefan zweig at the end of the world. George Prochnik
The impossible exile [electronic resource] : Stefan zweig at the end of the world. George Prochnik
title_short
The impossible exile
title_sub
Stefan Zweig at the end of the world
topic_facet
Authors, Austrian
Biography & Autobiography
History
Jewish authors
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Psychology
Zweig, Stefan
Biography & Autobiography
History
Jewish authors
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Psychology
Zweig, Stefan
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b4255634x | .i84850905 | EVLD Avon Public Library | 921 ZWE | 1 | false | false | Due Mar 26, 2024 | Nov 05, 2018 | eva | ||||
overdrivecmc:ODN0001454077 | ODN0001454077 | Overdrive (CMC) | Online Overdrive (CMC) | eBook | eBook | 1 | false | true | Overdrive (CMC) | http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=162&titleID=1454077 | Available Online | Overdrive (CMC) |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b4255634x | Book | Books | English | Other Press | [2014] | 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | ||
overdrivecmc:ODN0001454077 | eBook | eBook | English | 2014 | 1 online resource |
scoping_details_evld
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b4255634x | .i84850905 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | true | 2, 101, 102, 104, 105 |