{"product_id":"the-world-of-yesterday","title":"The World of Yesterday","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Stefan Zweig \u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Anthea Bell \u003cbr\u003eCover illustration by Edward Steichen \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, \u003cem\u003eThe World of Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e recalls the golden age of literary Vienna—its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurrounded by the leading literary lights of the epoch, Stefan Zweig draws a vivid and intimate account of his life and travels through Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London, touching on the very heart of European culture. His passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the edge of extinction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new translation by award-winning Anthea Bell captures the spirit of Zweig’s writing in arguably his most revealing work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStefan Zweig (1881–1942) was born in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Zweig traveled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and enjoyed literary fame. His stories and novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the rise of Nazism, he briefly moved to London, taking British citizenship. After a short period in New York, he settled in Brazil where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in bed in an apparent double suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available in German \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.neuegalerie.org\/collections\/bookstore-books-in-german\/products\/die-welt-von-gestern-erinnerungen-eines-europaers\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e472 pages\u003cbr\u003eNebraska University Press, 2013\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1941\u003cbr\u003e5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780803226616\u003cbr\u003eBiography, History, Travel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":348630457,"sku":"9780803226616","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/The-World-of-Yesterday_Stefan-Zweig.png?v=1590776578","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-world-of-yesterday","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}