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Oh hod WWI is about to start and I’m scared

Ok the worst part about this book is how Zweig always speaks in superlatives. He’s always saying “everyone” believed this, or things “always” happened, or “never” happened a certain way. That cannot be reality, he just had blinders on.

Sometimes Zweig is saccharine, overly romantic and prone to cliches. Panama Canal, the joining of two oceans! Looking into the eyes of someone who looked into Goethe’s eyes once!