The World of Yesterday: Modern Translation

Stefan Zweig’s hauntingly beautiful memoir of Europe before its fall — a moving portrait of art, culture, and humanism destroyed by war. In this modern English translation, Zweig traces his life from the golden age of Vienna’s cafés and concert halls to the darkness of exile, recalling encounters with Rilke, Freud, Richard Strauss, and Romain Rolland, bearing witness to the collapse of the ideals that once united Europe.