Impatience of the Heart By Stefan Zweig, Jonathan Katz (Translator)

Impatience of the Heart By Stefan Zweig, Jonathan Katz (Translator)The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, and Impatience of the Heart, the only novel he published during his lifetime, uncovers the seed of selfishness within even the finest of feelings. Hofmiller, an Austro Hungarian cavalry officer stationed at the edge of the empire, is invited to a party at the home of a rich local landowner, a world away from the dreary routine of the barracks. The surroundings are

but only ephemeral dreams

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