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Alzir Hella

    Le Livre de Poche: Conscience contre violence
    Amok
    Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
    • This classic Austrian novella paints a deeply moving portrait of a woman whose quest for passion and purpose comes at a steep price The less I felt in myself, the more strongly I was drawn to those places where the whirligig of life spins most rapidly. So begins an extraordinary day in the life of Mrs C—recently bereaved and searching for excitement and meaning. Drawn to the bright lights of a casino, and the passion of a desperate stranger, she discovers a purpose once again but at what cost? In this vivid and moving tale of a compassionate woman, and her defining experience, Zweig explores the power of intense love, overwhelming loneliness and regret that can last for a lifetime.

      Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
      4.2
    • Amok

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      A new pocket edition of this Conradian tale of maddening desire, from the master of the novella On a sweltering ocean-liner travelling from India to Europe a passenger tells his story: the tale of a doctor in the Dutch East Indies torn between his duty and the pull of his emotions; a tale of power and desire, pride and shame and a headlong flight into folly. This is one the most intense and incisive of the novellas which brought Stefan Zweig to worldwide fame.

      Amok
      3.9
    • À partir du conflit exemplaire entre Sébastien Castellion (1515 - 1563) et Calvin, Stefan Zweig nous fait vivre un affrontement qui déborde de beaucoup son cadre historique. Cette cause nous intéresse tous: liberté et tolérance contre intégrisme. Si Stefan Zweig finit de rédiger ce texte prémonitoire en 1936, en pleine montée du fascisme, il faut y voir un sens profond. En effet, comment ne pas faire le rapprochement entre la ville de Genève et l'Allemagne nazie, entre Calvin et Hitler, les sbires de Farel et les hordes hitlériennes? Quelques décennies plus tard, fanatisme religieux et résurgence des extrêmes droites doivent à nouveau nous ouvrir les yeux. Cet écrit polémique devient alors une charge d'une force redoutable.

      Le Livre de Poche: Conscience contre violence