The last twenty years have seen a striking revival in the English-speaking world for arguably the two greatest Austrian writers of the first half of the 20th century: Joseph Roth a
Cambridge Literary Festival 10 April, 11:30 am-12:30 pm Cambridge Union Library £6.00 / £10.00 More information here. The work of writer, pacifist and refugee Stefan Zweig is as
#RivetingReviews: John Munch reviews MESSAGES FROM A LOST WORLD. EUROPE ON THE BRINK by Stefan Zweig
Crushed into oblivion by the iron-clad Nazi subjugation of Europe and the vagaries of literary taste, Stefan Zweig now basks in an omnipresent afterglow. There’s been a surge of
This month our #RivetingReviewers have read new books from Germany, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands and – very fittingly in these EU-tense times – a book subtitled Europe on Th
When it is discovered that the reigning world chess champion, Mirko Czentovic, is on board a cruiser heading for Buenos Aires, a fellow passenger challenges him to a game. Czentovi
