Stefan Zweig's "The Burning Secret" explores the complexities of pre-war Austria through the intense lens of a young boy's experience. Set against the backdrop of a sanatorium, the story delves into the powerful and often bewildering emotions of childhood. This literary and psychological fiction examines themes of friendship and obsession as a boy navigates the unfamiliar social landscape of the sanatorium. Zweig masterfully crafts a narrative that resonates with historical significance, capturing the atmosphere of a bygone era. "The Burning Secret" is a timeless exploration of human…mehr
Stefan Zweig's "The Burning Secret" explores the complexities of pre-war Austria through the intense lens of a young boy's experience. Set against the backdrop of a sanatorium, the story delves into the powerful and often bewildering emotions of childhood. This literary and psychological fiction examines themes of friendship and obsession as a boy navigates the unfamiliar social landscape of the sanatorium. Zweig masterfully crafts a narrative that resonates with historical significance, capturing the atmosphere of a bygone era. "The Burning Secret" is a timeless exploration of human relationships and the hidden motivations that drive our actions. This meticulously prepared edition preserves the enduring quality of Zweig's prose, inviting readers to rediscover a classic work of historical fiction. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), novelist, biographer, translator, and poet, was born in Austria and became one of the bestselling European authors of the 1920s and 30s. He is renowned for his psychologically astute fiction as well as enthralling studies of seminal figures such as Montaigne, Mary Queen of Scots, Marie Antoinette, Balzac, Nietzsche, and Freud. His work has inspired stage and screen adaptations, including the films Letters from an Unknown Woman and The Grand Hotel Budapest by Wes Anderson. Exiled from Europe by the Nazis, he committed suicide in Petrópolis, Brazil, in 1942.
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