Wondrak and Other Stories
Book (italiano):
<DIV><DIV>The artist Ferdinand, central figure of <I>Compulsion</I>, partly reflects Zweig's own experience. <I>In The Snow</I> tells of the plight of a group of Jews who freeze to death while trying to escape a medieval pogrom. In <I>Wondrak</I>, a woman, disfigured since birth, attempts to save her only child from being drafted into the military. In this newly available English translation, the reader discovers Zweig's essential humanist preoccupations?his compassion toward human suffering, his horror of war and his faith in idealism, generosity, and love?values that can, in an instant, illuminate an entire existence.</DIV></DIV>
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