On 22 February 1942 Stefan Zweig, one of the most popular authors of his generation, committed suicide with his wife Lotte. The final, desperate gesture of this great writer has fascinated ever since. Zweig was an exile, driven from his home in Austria by the Nazis. Fleeing first to London, then New York, trying always to escape both those who demonised him and those who acclaimed him, he eventually took his young bride to Brazil, where they were haunted by the life they'd been forced to abandon and by accounts of the violence in Europe. Blending reality and fiction this novel tells the story of the great writer's final months. Laurent Seksik uncovers the man's hidden passions, his private suffering, and how he and his wife came to end their lives one peaceful February afternoon. "He looked long and deep into her eyes. 'I'll go first,' he said. 'You'll follow me... if that's what you want.'"

The Last Days

Literature & Fiction

SEKSIK, LAURENT

United States

Pushkin Press

Le 22 février 1942, exilé à Pétropolis, Stefan Zweig met fin à ses jours avec sa femme, Lotte. Le geste désespéré du grand humaniste n'a cessé, depuis, de fasciner et d'émouvoir. Mêlant le réel et la fiction, ce roman restitue les six derniers mois d'une vie, de la nostalgie des fastes de Vienne à l'appel des ténèbres. Après la fuite d'Autriche, après l'Angleterre et les Etats-Unis, le couple croit fouler au Brésil une terre d'avenir. Mais l'épouvante de la guerre emportera les deux êtres dans la tourmente - Lotte, éprise jusqu'au sacrifice ultime, et Zweig, inconsolable témoin, vagabond de l'absolu.

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