Wondrak and Other Stories
Wondrak and Other Stories
Author: Stefan Zweig
Desc: Compulsion In the Snow and Wondrak all concern Zweig's strong anti-war feelings following the First World War. The artist Ferdinand central figure of Compulsion partly reflects Zweig's own experience. In The Snow tells of the plight of a group of Jews who freeze to death while trying to escape a medieval pogrom. In Wondrak a woman disfigured since birth attempts to save her only child from being drafted into the military. In this newly available English translation the reader discovers the essential humanist preoccupations of the author of Amok and Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman: his compassion towards human suffering his horror of war and his faith in idealism generosity love values that can in an instant illuminate an entire existence. Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare elegant series style and superior durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers with French flaps are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.