A brilliant writerNew York Times
One of the joys of recent years is the translation into English of Stefan Zweig's storiesEdmund de Waal
Stefan Zweig was a late and magnificent bloom from the hothouse of fin de siecle ViennaThe Wall Street Journal
Zweig is one of the masters of the short story and novella, and by 'one of the masters' I mean that he's up there with Maupassant, Chekhov, James, Poe, or indeed anyone you care to nameNick Lezard, Guardian
A new favourite writer of mineWes Anderson
Perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any gameEconomist
His great achievement in short formThe Times
