{"product_id":"the-society-of-the-crossed-keys-selections-from-the-writings-of-stefan-zweig-inspirations-for-the-grand-budapest-hotel","title":"The Society of the Crossed Keys: Selections from the Writings of Stefan Zweig, Inspirations for The Grand Budapest Hotel","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I had never heard of Zweig until six or seven years ago, as allthe books began to come back into print, and I more or less by chance bought a copy of Beware of Pity. I immediately lovedthis book, his one, big, great novel-and suddenly there weredozens more in front of me waiting to read.' Wes Anderson\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Society of the Crossed Keys\u003c\/em\u003e contains Wes Anderson's selections from the writings of the great Austrian author Stefan Zweig, whose life and work inspired \u003cem\u003eThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA CONVERSATION WITH WES ANDERSON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eWes Anderson discusses Zweig's life and work with Zweig biographer George Prochnik.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WORLD OF YESTERDAY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eSelected extracts from Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday, an unrivalled evocation of bygone Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBEWARE OF PITY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eAn extract from Zweig's only novel, a devastating depictionof the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN THE LIFE OF A WOMAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOne of Stefan Zweig's best-loved stories in full-a passionate tale of gambling, love and death, played out against the stylish backdrop of the French Riviera in the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I defy anyone to read these tasters of Zweig's work without being compelled to read on. Pushkin might as well do their readers all a favour and sell The Society of the Crossed Keys with a complete Zweig back catalogue.\" \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cem\u003eThe World of Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the greatest memoirs of the twentieth century, as perfect in its evocation of the world Zweig loved, as it is in its portrayal of how that world was destroyed.' -- David Hare\n \u003cbr\u003e\n'\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeware of Pity\u003c\/em\u003e is the most exciting book I have ever read...a feverish, fascinating novel' -- Antony Beevor\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the joys of recent years is the translation into English of Stefan Zweig's stories.'--Edmund de Waal, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Hare with the Amber Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStefan Zweig\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1881 in Vienna. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and, between the wars was an international bestselling author. With the rise of Nazism, he left Austria, and lived in London, Bath, New York and Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWes Anderson's\u003c\/strong\u003e films include Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom. He directed and wrote the screenplay for The Grand Budapest Hotel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 272 pages | Published March 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63956561690973,"sku":"9781782271079","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781782271079.jpg?v=1774263388","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-society-of-the-crossed-keys-selections-from-the-writings-of-stefan-zweig-inspirations-for-the-grand-budapest-hotel","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}