THE COLLECTED NOVELLAS OF STEFAN ZWEIG

ZWEIG, STEFAN

a casual introduction, a challenge to a simple game of chess, a lovers' reunion, a meaningless infidelity: from such small seeds zweig brings forth five startlingly tense tales--meditations on the fragility of love, the limits of obsession, the combustibility of secrets and betrayal. to read anything by zweig is to risk addiction; in this collection the power of his writing--which, with its unabashed intensity and narrative drive, made him one of the bestselling and most acclaimed authors in the world--is clear and irresistible. each of these stories is a bolt of experience, unforgettable and unique