'He who thinks freely for himself, honours all freedom on earth.'
Stefan Zweig was already an emigre-driven from a Europe torn apart by brutality and totalitarianism-when he found, in a damp cellar, a copy of Michel de Montaigne's Essais. Montaigne would become Zweig's last great occupation, helping him make sense of his own life and his obsessions-with personal freedom, with the sanctity of the individual. Through his writings on suicide, he would also, finally, lead Zweig to his death.
With the intense psychological acuity and elegant prose so characteristic of Zweig's fiction, this account of Montaigne's life asks how we ought to think, and how to live. It is an intense and wonderful insight into both subject and biographer.
Stefan Zweig was already an emigre-driven from a Europe torn apart by brutality and totalitarianism-when he found, in a damp cellar, a copy of Michel de Montaigne's Essais. Montaigne would become Zweig's last great occupation, helping him make sense of his own life and his obsessions-with personal freedom, with the sanctity of the individual. Through his writings on suicide, he would also, finally, lead Zweig to his death.
With the intense psychological acuity and elegant prose so characteristic of Zweig's fiction, this account of Montaigne's life asks how we ought to think, and how to live. It is an intense and wonderful insight into both subject and biographer.
| General | |
| Anul | 2015 |
| Autor | Stefan Zweig |
| Categoria | Historical |
| Editie | Paperback |
| Editura | Pushkin Collection |
| Dimensiuni | 164 x 123 x 14 mm |
| Limba | Engleza |
| Pagini | 160 |
| Format | Softcover |
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Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) a fost un scriitor austriac influent care si-a petrecut ultimii ani ai vietii in Brazilia si Marea Britanie. A scris mai multe romane si nuvele de cultura si de natura umana, axate in general pe conflictul interior al personajelor sale si pe interiorizarea starii lor tensionate. Zweig a cunoscut o perioada de popularitate in anii '20 si '30 si a devenit cunoscut in intreaga lume pentru romanele sale despre profunzimea emotionala a spiritului uman.
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