Oliver Matuschek's brilliant Three Lives: a biography of Stefan Zweig is the only biography available in English of Stefan Zweig, one of the most famous authors of the pre-war era, whose colourful and tragic life ended in a suicide pact with his wife in 1944. My Three Lives was Stefan Zweig's working title for his work The World of Yesterday, also published by Pushkin Press, and here Matuschek uses the title to reference the three major phases in Zweig's life-the years of apprenticeship, the years of success as a ...
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Oliver Matuschek's brilliant Three Lives: a biography of Stefan Zweig is the only biography available in English of Stefan Zweig, one of the most famous authors of the pre-war era, whose colourful and tragic life ended in a suicide pact with his wife in 1944. My Three Lives was Stefan Zweig's working title for his work The World of Yesterday, also published by Pushkin Press, and here Matuschek uses the title to reference the three major phases in Zweig's life-the years of apprenticeship, the years of success as a professional working writer in Salzburg, and finally the years of exile in Britain, the USA and Brazil. Drawing on a wealth of newly available sources, Matuschek recounts the eventful life of a writer spoilt by success, which changed direction under the influence of contemporary events, and ended tragically in a suicide pact with his second wife Lotte. Oliver Matuschek studied politics and modern history, has co- authored several documentaries and was employed at the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig from 2000 2004. He has published numerous works, most recently I Know the Magic of Writing: Catalogue and History of the Autograph Collection of Stefan Zweig (2005).
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Good. Ex-library hardcover with stickers and labels but otherwise appears only lightly used. The dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering. The pages appear to be clean and unmarked. All items ship Monday-Saturday-Fast Shipping in a secure package. Your purchase will help support the programs and collections of the Johnson County (Kansas) Library.
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Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Good condition! Any other included accessories are also in Good condition showing use. Use can included some highlighting and writing page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cloth, hard cover in dust jacket with place-keeping ribbon bound-in., minor exterior wear, one closed dj edge-tear. very small bump-wrinkles to fore-corner tips of boards with no internal artifacts. no other flaws or wear, clean, no markings, strong binding.; translated from german original by allan blunden.; 381pp., map endpapers, b/w photos. detailed biography of celebrated 20th century german writer, stefan zweig.
Very comprehensive presentation of Zweig's life. Not a great deal of analysis of his works, but that would make the work unwieldy given the wealth of new material drawn upon for the story. Book and story titles should be given in their English version.
