3.5. In Letter from an Unknown Woman, the lady’s confession that she had sat and watched his window just seemed unbearably sad. The other story that really got me was about an old time actor that is well past his sell-by date who gets completely ignored in the local village and pub that he frequents except one day when a younger woman turns up and recognises him. An exceptional level of creepiness was added by the fact that the author in the book was hit by a van…which happened to Stephen King himself after the book! September Affair (1950) 29. Just when you think he couldn’t do any worse, he does. The Emperor Waltz (1948) 26. A fan basically kidnaps her favorite writer and keeps him under (painful) house arrest to get him to finish writing his series that way she wants it. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Book Review of Letters To My Ex by Nikita Singh; Book Review of Life Know-How: Sensible Advice to Live Life to the Fullest by Viswanatha Reddy Thalakola; Book Review of Life’s Amazing Secrets by Gaur Gopal Das; Book Review of Like A Love Song by Nikita Singh I'm going to proceed with caution with Zweig now. Hi Cat…I found your review through google while trying to find out what this book is about. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The concept is simple, the characters are few and the story is short but this somehow made the lady’s tale still sadder. Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig - Die besten Geschichten by Stefan Zweig I capolavori (Lettera di una sconosciuta – Il mondo di ieri – Sovvertimento dei sensi – Tramonto di un cuore – Ventiquattr'ore nella vita di una donna) by Stefan Zweig I might have to keep an eye out for it. The title story is indeed, almost entirely a letter recounting a love that began at age 13. I can't help but feel sorry for poor little heroine her great big love had ruined her entire life she suffered a lot specially the loss of her child i only wished she was a little stronger, As I’ve probably said in every review of a short story collection that I’ve ever written, I generally don’t have much time for short stories not written by Borges. The women actually seemed to be all the same, and I'm guessing it's just the case of yet another male author who can't write women as humans with more interesting things to do and think besides obsess about men. This book has four stories, the title story and three others - 'A Story Told in Twilight', 'A Debt Paid Late' and 'Forgotten Dreams'. The protagonist is insufferable. All in all it was sweet and pretty, but dull. If anyone has lived through that, and I think we all probably have to some extent at some point, you'll see how weird it could've gotten - or maybe did get and you didn't know about it - depending on whether you are the obsessor or the obsessee. It also made her convincingly obsessed with the man she is writing to. Super creepy. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. It sounds simple but the story that wraps around this letter is heart breaking and beautiful at the same time. Melodramatic, repetitive, "what-else-can-I-throw-in-there-to-make-you-weep-my-dear-reader" type of story. Zweig’s short stories are good, but Letter from an Unknown Woman blows all the ones I’ve read until now out of the water. Thanks for sharing! Melodramatic, repetitive, "what-else-can-I-throw-in-there-to-make-you-weep-my-dear-reader" type of story. [a 13 year old girl is besotted by a 25 year old man and remains so obsessed that she never gets married, becomes a call girl and meets up with this guy years later, and is hired by him for three straight nights of high intensive physical interconnectivity, he not, of course, recognising her as his shy 13 year old former neighbour, and she, of course, not divulging that she has stalked him for years and is now, in the most lurid of circumstances, living her dream. I absolutely loved this short stories book and it’s a genre that I don’t usually like or get that engaged with. I have to admit that Zweig is fast becoming one of my all-time great writers. In the early days of the blitz, Tory Pace lives with her mother in a little house in the southeast of London. Well, this one was a severe letdown for me. Review Change ), Avid reader, language nerd, and fire spinner. Be the first to ask a question about Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories. Boring, boring, done a thousand times over. Hi. She never demanded anything from him that he wasn’t willing to give. The pain was so real and it lasts for years. #1 and #3 were enjoyable for me, particularly #1, the titular piece. “Letters From an Unknown Woman” is a sharp corrective to the stately-homes lens through which Americans often view the historical Brits. It was beautiful and very haunting- even now I keep thinking back to some of the lines. A famous author receives a letter on his fort For me, Zweig is on a level here like that of de maupassant or chekhov when it comes to writing short fiction. He also reminded me of another Austrian, Arthur Schnitzler, with his intuitive use of psychological detail within his narrative. We wouldn't get along had we met at a book club discussing this story. The thing that I love about these two short stories in this book is the way the author organize the stories, and the way he told them with such deep sympathy and emotions. I suppose it is Zweig’s now slightly passé humanism that attracts me so much to his work, and, of course, his talent as a storyteller. There really is only one Zweig and he was a super gifted writer. So beautifully written, it's as if Mr. Zweig is a lost Bronte. The last one i. I read my first Stefan Zweig book last year. Reminds me of some pathetic old days. !” scrawled across it. Start by marking “Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Well, it was today ;-). Will interest any reader from the first line, a highly emotional, & heart-wrenching unrequited love story. I hardly ever give 1-star reviews because when I dislike a book, I usually just stop reading it, but I actually liked this book at the beginning. This book comprises 4 stories and 3 of them were amazing - 2 in particular. The story is deeply sad and pathetic. It’s a classic. limerence is dangerous and dementing, but it's entrenched in human nature to be narcissistically servile. I think I was just talking with someone about the last book I gave 5 stars to and when it was. ", Love and Tragedy (Limerence in Literature), Book Discussion #101 (1): genre: Short stories , Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories, Ashley Poston on Writing a Different Kind of Fairy Tale Retelling. Tory spends her days working in Farraway’s Gelatine Factory and her evenings missing her children and not much missing Donald, to whose death she is resigned. And in a different sort of novel, Tory’s complex response, involving her own sexual awakening with the factory boss and her dutiful transcription of the attendant sensory details, resulting in a series of spectacularly graphic letters, would spark an erotic narrative or at least a dirty story. Letter From An Unknown Woman(1948) - Behind the scenes - Analysis of the film - About Max Ophuls (director) 25. ( Log Out /  Tory is a haunting character, as are her children and mother and especially her husband, an astoundingly repellent wretch who trades Tory’s letters for Ovaltine, tooth powder and whisky in the Stalag and who, upon his return home, invades the house like a bad smell and sends his wife and son out to support him. Most of the world was exposed to him through the goofy Budapest Hotel movie, which while an entertaining movie doesn't really show off his writing talent. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Read one of these (no spoiler) - literally incredible at moments, but devastating nonetheless. Boring, boring, done a thousand times over. You are on a roll with your European Reading Challenge books! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. These are all rewarding and, at times, troubling reads. Her acceptance of his superficiality should have annoyed my inner-feminist. Crazy and melancholic books are good reads. Welcome back. I love this guy - he can really draw out a character's inner world. Every time the female protagonist mentioned about her dead child,it was so touching that I wanted to cry at her wretched life. Just finished the first story and it worths a five-star. My uncle recommended the author to me, I'd seen the film of the first story so thought I'd try it. (1951) 31. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. It's well-written and emotionally gripping, but eventually, the portrayal of the protagonist became completely unrealistic. [a 13 year old girl is besotted by a 25 year old man and remains so obsessed that she never gets married, becomes a call girl an. On his birthday, a famous writer receives a letter from a woman he does not know but who has loved him since she was a girl. Tory gets a letter from a German Stalag, where her husband, wounded and captured near Tobruk, is a prisoner of war. It is worth it. 2013 They were my introduction to Zweig. He is a special writer undoubtedly. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) 28. by Pushkin Press. As read for European Reading Challenge (Austria). Heartbreaking, I think I'll spend the next couple of weeks reading all of his books.

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