Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
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This classic Austrian novella paints a deeply moving portrait of a woman whose quest for passion and purpose comes at a steep price The less I felt in myself, the more strongly I was drawn to those places where the whirligig of life spins most rapidly. So begins an extraordinary day in the life of Mrs C—recently bereaved and searching for excitement and meaning. Drawn to the bright lights of a casino, and the passion of a desperate stranger, she discovers a purpose once again but at what cost? In this vivid and moving tale of a compassionate woman, and her defining experience, Zweig explores the power of intense love, overwhelming loneliness and regret that can last for a lifetime.
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A group of friends rented a house for vacations on the French Riviera. One day, a French tourist join them. The next day, Madame Henriette is gone. She left a note: she run away with the French man, leaving her husband and her kids behind. After the shock of the news, the group of friends gather, exchange opinions, and then quietly go back to their respective rooms. An old women, then, feels the need to confess a story that happened to her two decades ago: the story of 24 hours of the life of a woman.
I absolutely adored this novella. I was even refraining myself from not just just spending my full day listening to it. Stephan Zweig has such a incredible talent to describe life: the animation of hands, the micro-expressions of faces, the burst of a new emotion...
My first book from Stefan Zweig. Definitively not my last one.
Audiobook read in French by Isabelle Carré via Librivox.
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