{"product_id":"the-world-of-yesterday","title":"The World of Yesterday","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in German in 1942, Stefan Zweig’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe World of Yesterday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a poignant memoir of a vanished Europe, written in exile as the continent descended into its darkest hour. Looking back on his upbringing in Vienna, the flourishing cultural life of the Habsburg Empire and the intellectual circles that shaped his youth, Zweig evokes a world sustained by faith in progress, international exchange and the civilising power of art. His recollections encompass the upheavals of two world wars, the collapse of familiar institutions and the rise of nationalism, tracing the transformation of European society through the experiences of a writer who witnessed its splendour and destruction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore than an autobiography, the book is both a personal elegy and a searching account of the illusions that left a generation unprepared for catastrophe. Zweig’s portraits of artists, thinkers and a cosmopolitan intellectual community reveal his enduring belief in a Europe united by culture rather than divided by borders. Completed shortly before his death in Brazil in 1942, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe World of Yesterday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands as his final literary testament and a moving reflection on exile, memory, tolerance and the fragility of civilisation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“All the bridges between our today and our yesterday and our yesteryears have been burnt.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Stefan Zweig, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe World of Yesterday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe World of Yesterday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A work of strange power, both autobiographical and analytical, a fond account of a world that Zweig knew intimately and an acute commentary on how it failed.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe World Today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Chatham House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64071820804426,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/products\/the-world-of-yesterday","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}