Beware of Pity
Recommended by Steven Amsterdam, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #91 in German
In 1913, a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible dangers of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance-his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope. Stefan Zweig's only novel is a devastatingly unindulgent portrayal of the torment of the betrayal of both honor and love, realized against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian empire.Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 into a wealthy Viennese Jewish family. He studied at the Universities of Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and... more
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Steven Amsterdam It is an ethical story and a dark one: every good intention and social nicety leads him further from the truth and leads Edith further astray. (Source)
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