The World of Yesterday - Stefan Zweig one constant remains throughout these

one constant remains throughout these thirty-five stories: the singular brilliance of Julio Cortazar’s imagination

his marriage and beloved family

neighbourhood quarrels and bombings

don’t try to memorise anything and cover up to test yourself

The World of Yesterday - Stefan Zweig one constant remains throughout theseThrough the story of his life and his relationships with the leading literary figures of the day, Zweig's fervent, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the brink of extinction. This translation by the award winning Anthea Bell captures the passionate fluency of Zweig's writing in arguably his most important work, completed the day before his suicide in 1942 a unique elegy for a lost world of security and