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Stefan Zweigwas born in 1881 in Vienna, a member - Pushkin Press

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CLASSIC BACKLIST<br />

A Sorrow Beyond Dreams<br />

Peter handKe<br />

Handke’s depiction of his mother’s suicide after the Second<br />

World War is a lov<strong>in</strong>g portrait of grief, of a woman whose<br />

lively spirit has been crushed by the miseries of her time.<br />

Translated by ralPh ManheiM<br />

ISBN 9781901285178 • 80pp • £8<br />

Hymn to Old Age<br />

herMann heSSe<br />

Hesse lived well <strong>in</strong>to his eighties and this anthology traces<br />

his thoughts and experiences over several of those decades.<br />

The collection captures the problems, delights and very frequently<br />

the humour of old age.<br />

Translated by daVid henry wilSon<br />

ISBN 9781906548322 • 255pp • £10<br />

The Nutcracker The Strange Child<br />

e t a hoffMann<br />

The whole text of E T A Hoffmann’s classic The Nutcracker<br />

and the Mouse K<strong>in</strong>g, together with The Strange Child, <strong>in</strong> which<br />

Felix and Christlieb meet an unusual playmate <strong>in</strong> the woods<br />

and have to deal with a s<strong>in</strong>ister new schoolmaster.<br />

Translated by anthea bell<br />

ISBN 9781906548315 • 144pp • £10<br />

Andreas<br />

hugo Von hofMannSthal<br />

A young aristocrat travels to Venice. His loss of <strong>in</strong>nocence<br />

takes place <strong>in</strong> the misty alleyways and gloomy palaces,<br />

whose masked <strong>in</strong>habitants confuse and entice him.<br />

Afterword by oliVer berggruen<br />

Translated by Marie hott<strong>in</strong>ger<br />

ISBN 9781901285017 • 192pp • £9<br />

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