Schachnovelle / Sternstunden der Menschheit

by Stefan Zweig, E. Döhnert (Editor)

Zwei der berühmtesten und meistgelesenen Werke von Stefan Zweig in einem Band

- digital überarbeitet mit
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"Kein Künstler ist während der ganzen vierundzwanzig Stunden seines täglichen Tages ununterbrochen Künstler; alles Wesentliche, alles Dauernde, das ihm gelingt, geschieht immer nur in den wenigen und seltenen Augenblicken der Inspiration“ (Sternstunden der Menschheit)

Genres: Classics, German Literature, Literature, Nonfiction, School

76 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. Among his most famous works are Beware of Pity, Letter from an Unknown Woman, and Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles. He and his second wife committed suicide in 1942.
Zweig studied in Austria, France, and Germany before settling in Salzburg in 1913. In 1934, driven into exile by the Nazis, he emigrated to England and then, in 1940, to Brazil by way of New York. Finding only growing loneliness and disillusionment in their new surroundings, he and his second wife committed suicide.
Zweig's interest in psychology and the teachings of Sigmund Freud led to his most characteristic work, the subtle portrayal of character. Zweig's essays include studies of Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky (Drei Meister, 1920; Three Masters) and of Friedrich Hölderlin, Heinrich von Kleist, and Friedrich Nietzsche (Der Kampf mit dem Dämon, 1925; Master Builders). He achieved popularity with Sternstunden der Menschheit (1928; The Tide of Fortune), five historical portraits in miniature. He wrote full-scale, intuitive rather than objective, biographies of the French statesman Joseph Fouché (1929), Mary Stuart (1935), and others. His stories include those in Verwirrung der Gefühle (1925; Conflicts). He also wrote a psychological novel, Ungeduld des Herzens (1938; Beware of Pity), and translated works of Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, and Emile Verhaeren.
Most recently, his works provided the inspiration for 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Reviews

[Villem Vesingi · Rating 5 out of 5]

armastus- ja vihkamisväärsed lood armastusest, ihast ja halastusest, sõltuvusest, hullumisest ja saatusest.

mõne novelli lõppedes ei arvanud, et saab paremaks minna, aga sai

[Kirsten · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not the edition/collection I read but it's the one that's been on my to-read list, so, close enough I guess.  A darkly effective story that reminded me so intensely of a conversation I had with a former prisoner in Berlin; and so I praise the insight and accuracy as well. I will forever wonder why Zweig never came to my attention in the era when I was reading all his friends and contemporaries. He certainly deserved to be included. 

[Andrej Vrana · Rating 1 out of 5]

you get anxious by reading this
Nicely written, the first half is really enjoyable, after that the plot is only focused on describing how Dr.B. is held captive in a hotel apartment, he is left there for months - only with himself and a book about famous chess games...

Really enjoyed the beginning, but then got really discouraged by the claustrophobic enviroment.

2/10

[Tatyana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Schachnovelle schien zuerst sehr interessant zu sein und ich hoffte drauf, dass das Buch ein unerwartetes Ende haben wird, aber ich irrte mich. Das Ende war gar nicht überraschend und alle Details übers Schachspiel waren für mich langweilig. Ich konnte auch die Moral des Buchs nicht ganz verstehen, wenn es über etwas außer Abhängigkeit ging.

[Muhammed Buyukkinaci · Rating 4 out of 5]

A different story. While reading the book, you are feeling the influences of fascism in your soul. I really was affected by how Dr B. used his brain while playing chess with himself. Trying to forget your black moments while you are on white, trying to forget your white moments while you are on black. That was impressive.

[Diego · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perpetuates the colonial and eurocentric view of history, very interesting read though because it demonstrates how arrogant Europeans can get that they call 'Strenstunden der Menschheit' as basically just European history

[Alberto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good writing.
Some histories surprised mee as totally unknown persons and possibly not so big stars, but the story itself was at the end very good

[Eva Laspas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meisterhaft beschrieben, wie sich der menschliche Geist selber in einer Sucht verwirren kann ... einmal Autobahn, immer Autobahn ... nur strikte Abstinenz hilf.

[Ayã Khǻlăf · Rating 4 out of 5]

1,000,000 (Y)

[janeyoung · Rating 4 out of 5]

the greatness and the turnpoint of the history

[نوف]

amazing book with a shocking ending