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I read The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European by Stefan Zweig after a recommendation on HN. Gave an interesting if sad view into the Vienna of the past.
by _DeadFred_ 2y ago
I read The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European by Stefan Zweig after a recommendation on HN. Gave an interesting if sad view into the Vienna of the past.
- cenamus 2y agoCan also recommend it highly, fascinating view into the stagnation, bureaucracy and "general feel" of the time
- leobg 2y agoIt’s excellent. For those the speak German, there is also a fanatastic audio book read by an Austrian actor. It very much sounds like Zweig speaking because of the accent.
- hinnisdael 2y agoYeah, the audiobook version really is quite special. It’s read by Peter Vilnai, if I remember correctly. One of the few audiobooks I was able to completely be absorbed by while listening.
- keiferski 2y agoAlso try The Man Without Qualities. Same time period and location.
- selimthegrim 2y agoExcellent recommendation. Musil had a lot of mic drop lines about “Kakania”