A forty-two-year-old aristocratic widow arrives in Monte Carlo and visits the casino, where she watches with interest as high society places their bets. Her attention is drawn to a handsome young man, who loses all his money and leaves in despair. Fearing he might do something reckless, the woman follows him and ultimately saves his life by spending a night with him. However, this night changes her life forever, and the next day holds unpleasant surprises in store for her...
In The Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman, Zweig, a sensitive anatomist of the female psyche, describes the upheaval of the calm, predictable life of a respectable woman. “This story, brilliantly told and well-founded in its motivations, certainly merits existence on its own and possesses the guarantees to exercise a strong influence on the reader. Our analysis, however, shows that its invention has its roots in a fantasy of adolescence, which some are able to consciously recall from their memories,” notes Sigmund Freud in a remarkably penetrating essay, presented in the Afterword of the book.
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
Manufacturer
- Author
- Stefan Zweig
- Publisher
- Roes
- Original Title
- Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau
- Publishers
- Flows
- Type
- Prose
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 140
- Release Date
- 3/2004
- Publication Date
- 2004
- Dimensions
- 13x20 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789602831915
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