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Author / Creator:	Seksik, Laurent, author.
Uniform title:	Derniers jours de Stefan Zweig. English
Imprint:	London : Pushkin Press, 2013.
Description:	155 pages ; 20 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Zweig, Stefan, -- 1881-1942 -- Fiction. Zweig, Lotte, -- 1908-1942 -- Fiction. Zweig, Lotte, -- 1908-1942. Zweig, Stefan, -- 1881-1942. Biographical fiction. Biographical fiction Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9860324

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:	Naffis-Sahely, André, Translation of: Seksik, Laurent. Derniers jours de Stefan Zweig.
ISBN:	9781908968913 1908968915
Notes:	Translated from the French. Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155). Translated from the French.
Summary:	"On the 22nd February 1942 Stefan Zweig, one of the most popular authors of his generation, committed suicide with his wife Lotte. The final, desperate gesture of this great writer has fascinated ever since. Zweig was an exile, driven from his home in Austria by the Nazis. Fleeing first to London, then New York, trying always to escape both those who demonised him and those who acclaimed him, he eventually took his young bride to Brazil, where they were haunted by the life they'd been forced to abandon and by accounts of the violence in Europe. Blending reality and fiction this novel tells the story of the great writer's final months. Laurent Seksik uncovers the man's hidden passions, his private suffering, and how he and his wife came to end their lives one peaceful February afternoon." --Publisher description.

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Summary:	"He looked long and deep into her eyes. "I'll go first," he said. "You'll follow me... if that's what you want." On the 22nd February 1942 Stefan Zweig, one of the most popular authors of his generation, committed suicide with his wife Lotte. The final, desperate gesture of this great writer has fascinated ever since. Zweig was an exile, driven from his home in Austria by the Nazis. Fleeing first to London, then New York, trying always to escape both those who demonised him and those who acclaimed him, he eventually took his young bride to Brazil, where they were haunted by the life they'd been forced to abandon and by accounts of the violence in Europe. . Blending reality and fiction this novel tells the story of the great writer's final months. Laurent Seksik uncovers the man's hidden passions, his private suffering, and how he and his wife came to end their lives one peaceful February afternoon.
Item Description:	Translated from the French. Formerly CIP.
Physical Description:	155 pages ; 20 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155).
ISBN:	9781908968913 1908968915