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En esta verdadera obra maestra, Stefan Zweig nos deleita con la narración de algunos momentos decisivos que han marcado el devenir de la historia y que nos ayudan a comprender nuestro presente. Personajes como Cicerón, Dostoyevski o Napoleón se enfrentan a las adversidades y toman decisiones sublimes sin las que nuestro mundo sería diferente. Momentos estelares de la humanidad aúna un estilo dotado de una belleza deslumbrante con reflexiones profundas que nos muestran a un gran conocedor de la naturaleza humana y uno de los grandes escritores del siglo XX.



In this true masterpiece, Stefan Zweig delights us with the narration of several decisive moments that have shaped the course of history and help us better understand our present. Figures such as Cicero, Dostoevsky, and Napoleon face adversity and make sublime decisions without which our world would be profoundly different. Decisive Moments in History combines a dazzlingly beautiful literary style with deep reflections that reveal Zweig as both a profound observer of human nature and one of the great writers of the 20th century.

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Born in Vienna, the prolific Zweig was a poet in his early years. In the 1920s, he achieved fame with the many biographies he wrote of famous people including Balzac, Dostoevsky, Dickens and Freud. Erasmus with whom he closely identified, was the subject of a longer biography. He also wrote the novellas Amok (1922) and The Royal Game (1944). As Nazism spread, Zweig, a Jew, fled to the United States and then to Brazil. He hoped to start a new life there, but the haunting memory of Nazism, still undefeated, proved too much for him. He died with his wife in a suicide pact. (Bowker Author Biography)