{"product_id":"beware-of-pity-stefan-zweig-9781805330226","title":"Beware of Pity","description":"\u003cb\u003eStefan Zweig's tragic novel of guilt, yearning, and the danger of pity, which inspired Wes Anderson's \u003ci\u003eThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Original and powerful.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only novel Zweig--one of the most popular authors of the 20th century--completed and published during his lifetime, \u003ci\u003eBeware of Pity \u003c\/i\u003eis a heartrending tale of unequal affection, unintended consequences, and a world falling to pieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1913, young second lieutenant Hofmiller discovers the terrible danger of pity. Stationed at the edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he is invited to a party by a rich local landowner, who also happens to have a pretty daughter. But when Hofmiller asks the girl to dance he unleashes a fatal chain of consequences. He had no idea she was lame, and finds himself in an agony of shamed embarrassment. So begins a series of visits, motivated by pity, which relieves his guilt but gives her a dangerous glimmer of hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStefan Zweig's only full-length novel has inspired multiple stage adaptations and was the starting point for Wes Anderson's film \u003ci\u003eThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e. Unfolding in a breathless sweep from Hofmiller's initial mistake, it displays at full length all the psychological insight and emotional intensity known to readers of Zweig's bestselling novellas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA century after it was first written, \u003ci\u003eBeware of Pity\u003c\/i\u003e remains a devastating depiction of the betrayal of both honour and love, realised against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the beginnings of the First World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Zweig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1805330225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805330226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Stefan Zweig","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097288974591,"sku":"9781805330226","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beware-of-pity-stefan-zweig-9781805330226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}