The Post Office Girl

Stefan Zweig’s Grand Hotel Novel

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Stefan Zweig

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A young Austrian woman, Christine, toils away in a provincial post office when, out of the blue, a telegram arrives inviting her to join an American aunt she's never known in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire. She feels herself utterly transformed. Then, just as abruptly, her aunt cuts her loose and she has to return to the post office, where - yes - nothing will ever be the same. Christine meets Ferdinand, a bitter war veteran and disappointed architect, forced to work on construction sites. They are drawn to each other, just as they are crushed by a sense of deprivation, anger and shame. Inevitably their attempts at love look set to flounder until, in one desperate and decisive act, they find a way to remake their world from within.

Author Biography:

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was the most widely translated writer of the 1920s and 30s. A Jewish pacifist, he was driven by the Nazis into exile, first in London, then in Brazil, where he committed suicide in a pact with his wife. The manuscript for The Post Office Girl was found among his papers. Zweig's other novels include Beware of Pity and Chess Story.

Release date Australia

February 1st, 2009

Author

Stefan Zweig

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

Main

Pages

288

Dimensions

128x208x22

ISBN-13

9780954221720

Product ID

2741736

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