Zweig, Stefan. (1881-1942)
Brennendes Geheimnis [Burning Secret] - SIGNED
Leipzig: Insel. [no date, ca. 1930]. [91. - 110. Tausend]. Boldly signed and inscribed by the Austrian writer who became one of the most highly regarded men of letters writing in German between the wars. Zweig was also a prolific autograph collector and his massive collection of musical and literary manuscripts resides at the British Library. Zweig and his wife, who left Europe together in 1940, committed suicide in 1942, largely in desperation over the horrors continuing in their homeland.78 pp. 12mo. Full red leather in original paper wraps. Inscription in purple ink, on the endpage verso opposite the title: "Professor Dr. Arthur Burchard / in herzlichen gedenken / Stefan Zweig." In very fine condition.
Burning Secret is set in an Austrian sanatorium in the 1920's. A lonely twelve-year-old boy is befriended and becomes infatuated by a suave and mysterious baron who heartlessly brushes him aside to turn his seductive attentions to the boy's mother. (3858)
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