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Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig & Phyllis Blewitt & Trevor Blewitt
Explores the complex hidden recesses of emotion. In 1913, a young lieutenant discovers the dangers of pity, and flees from them into the battlefield. His involvement begins with a faux pas. This novel is a realisation of the torment of betrayal of honour and love, set against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Reprinted with a new cover in B format for the second time due to popular demand, "Beware Of Pity" is a powerful novel which explores the complex hidden recesses of emotion. In 1913, a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible dangers of pity and eventually flees from them into the battlefield. His involvement begins with a faux pas: he had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance. Paying her an occasional afternoon call seemed to give him a new sense of purpose and he did not notice how imperceptibly bound up with tenderness his concern might be. The girl's face brightened, her father doted, the young man's self-esteem rose. But he was gradually to learn that pity, like morphia, is only a first solace to the invalid and unless one knows the exact dosage, and when to stop, it can become a virulent poison. "Beware of Pity" is Stefan Zweig's only novel and is a devastatingly sober realisation of the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love, set against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. |
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| Author(s) : Stefan Zweig | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 1901285499 | ISBN-13 : 9781901285499 |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 28/11/2006
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page Length : 365mm
Page Size : 198mm