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Old 11-01-2014, 03:49 PM   #85
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Bargain @ $1.99 from small publisher Pushkin Press (couponable @ Kobo, price good for Canada & US, may be price-matched in other stores/regions):

Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories by the late Stefan Zweig (Wikipedia), a major old school Austrian literature figure (I have two copies on DVD of a French-language film that was adapted from one of his short stories), newly translated by Anthea Bell (Wikipedia) who if you read the Adventures of Asterix, is one half of the translating team along with Derek Hockridge, and does truly excellent work on those. I will be picking this one up myself.

ETA: It turns out that there's a nicer (but pricier) collection which contains these stories and more, see this post downthread for details.

These four Stefan Zweig stories newly translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, are among his most celebrated and compelling work. The titular tale is a devastating depiction of unrequited love, which inspired a classic Hollywood film, directed by Max Ophüls and starring Joane Fontaine.

Elsewhere in the collection, a young man mistakes the girl he loves for her sister, two erstwhile lovers meet after an age spent apart, and a married woman repays a debt of gratitude to her childhood sweetheart. Expertly paced, laced with the acutely accurate psychological detail and empathy that are Zweig's trademarks, this is a powerful addition to Pushkin's growing collection of his work.

Last edited by ATDrake; 11-04-2014 at 01:37 AM. Reason: But if you've never read Zweig before, this is still a pretty decent low-cost intro to his stuff when combined with coupon.
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