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Confusion (New York Review Books Classics)

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Confusion (New York Review Books Classics)

Stefan Zweig was particularly drawn to the novella, and Confusion, a rigorous and yet transporting dramatization of the conflict between the heart and the mind, is among his supreme achievements in the form.

A young man who is rapidly going to the dogs in Berlin is packed off by his father to a university in a sleepy provincial town. There a brilliant lecture awakens in him a wild passion for learningâ€”as well as a peculiarly intense fascination with the graying professor who gave the talk. The student grows close to the professor, beÂcoming a regular visitor to the apartment he shares with his much younger wife. He takes it upon himself to urge his teacher to finish the great work of scholarship that he has been laboring at for years and even offers to help him in any way he can. The professor welcomes the young manâ€™s attentions, at least on some days. On others, he rages without apparent reason or turns away from his disciple with cold scorn. The young man is baffled, wounded. He cannot understand.

But the wife understands. She understands perfectly. And one way or another she will help him to understand too.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2012-05-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590174999

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