Beware of Pity (Paperback)

from JanetinLondon

This is a story about how "doing the right thing" and trying to be kind can lead to terrible, unintended consequences, and about how difficult it is to choose between the unselfish "should" and the more rational, selfish "want". Anton Hofmiller, a young officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, is in...

from xieouyang

The more I read Zweig the more I like his writings. This particular one is a great novel I think. It has a strange beginning- strange because the narrative of the first few pages is ignored in the rest of the novel. It starts as a conversation that a character has with what he thought was a war h...

from ariesblue

the story of a young woman who is a paraplegic as the result of a horse riding accident. and she come to know an officer who has cheered her up after she have been depressed after she knew that she has no hope for her recovery.......very sad story

from MarkBeronte

Many people lives lives ruled by emotion. This is a novel that questions the wisdom of such an idea.

from hemlokgang

Stefan Zweig's treatise on the dark nature of pity is a fantastic read for several reasons. The plot is a page turner with deeply developed characters such as the narrator, Anton Hofmiller, an Austrian cavalry officer who struggles with the inner voices of pity, honor, and self-indulgence. There ...