De wereld van gisteren

This memoir, completed the day before Zweig's suicide in 1942, offers a vivid portrait of the era before World War II. Through his life story and relationships with leading literary figures, Zweig paints a picture of an era that was on the brink of extinction.

The book serves as an elegy for a lost world of security and peace, reflecting Zweig's deep connection to the old Europe as a Jewish, engaged writer, and humanist.