{"product_id":"late-fame-by-arthur-schnitzler-9781805333081","title":"Late Fame","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA rediscovered classic satire of literary celebrity, now an acclaimed film starring Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne ordinary evening, Eduard Saxberger arrives home to find the fulfilment of a long-forgotten wish in his sitting room: a visitor has come to tell him that the youth of Vienna has discovered his poetic genius. Saxberger has written nothing for thirty years, yet he now realises that he is more than merely an unremarkable civil servant, after all—he is a venerable poet, for whom \u003cem\u003eLate Fame\u003c\/em\u003e is inevitable, if, that is, his new acolytes are to be believed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArthur Schnitzler was one of the most admired, provocative European writers of the twentieth century. The Nazis attempted to burn all of his work, but his archive was miraculously saved and, with it, \u003cem\u003eLate Fame\u003c\/em\u003e. First published posthumously, only in 2014, it is a treasure, a perfect satire of literary self-regard and charlatanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Alexander Starritt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) was one of the most influential European writers of the twentieth century, and is perhaps best known to British readers for his novella \u003cem\u003eDream Story\u003c\/em\u003e. He qualified as a doctor but was increasingly driven to a career in writing, resulting in celebrated plays, novellas, and novels that explore the great existential subjects of the modern age. Ever controversial and ahead of his time, he was close friends with Zweig and Freud, and a member of the 'Young Vienna' circle of writers who regularly met at a café nicknamed 'Megalomania'—the very same clique and café he satirises so deliciously in \u003cem\u003eLate Fame\u003c\/em\u003e. Pushkin Press also publishes \u003cem\u003eCasanova's Return to Venice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFräulein Else\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDying\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Starritt is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eWe Germans\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Beast\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDrayton and Mackenzie\u003c\/em\u003e. His translations of \u003cem\u003eThe Unhappiness of Being a Single Man\u003c\/em\u003e by Franz Kafka and \u003cem\u003eA Chess Story\u003c\/em\u003e by Stefan Zweig are also published by Pushkin Press.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A witty satire that will immerse you in the world of these turn-of-the-century Viennese bohemians' \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Brilliant... wholeheartedly comic, albeit with a touch of pathos' \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Hilarious, unbelievably finely spun and ironic... A great literary discovery' \u003cem\u003eDie Zeit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67798104965356,"sku":"9781805333081","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781805333081-late-fame-1.jpg?v=1792471999","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/late-fame-by-arthur-schnitzler-9781805333081","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}