Fantastic Night & Other Stories

Fantastic Night & Other Stories by Zweig, Stefan. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781901285543.

Five of Stefan Zweigs most compelling novellas are presented together in this powerful volume. Fantastic Night is the story of one transforming evening in the life of a rich and bored young man. He spends a day at the races and an evening in the seedy but thrilling company of the dregs of society. His experiences jolt him out of his languor and give him a newfound relish for life, which is then cut short by the Great War. Fantastic Night is joined by The Invisible Collection and Buchmendel, two of Zweigs most powerful works, which explore lives led in the single minded pursuit of art and literature against a backdrop of poverty and corruption. And finally, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Zweigs poignant and heartbreaking tale of the strength and madness of unrequited love, and The Fowler Snared complete the collection.