Summer before the Dark

Resumen del libro

It's as if they're made for each other. Two men, both falling, but holding each other up for a time. Ostend, 1936: the Belgian seaside town is playing host to a coterie of artists, intellectuals and madmen, who find themselves in limbo while Europe gazes into an abyss of fascism and war.

Among them is Stefan Zweig, a man in crisis: his German publisher has shunned him, his marriage is collapsing, his house in Austria no longer feels like home. Along with his lover Lotte, he seeks refuge in this paradise of promenades and parasols, where he reunites with his estranged friend Joseph Roth. For a moment, they create a fragile haven; but as Europe begins to crumble around them, they find themselves trapped on an uncanny kind of holiday, watching the world burn.

Biografía del autor

Volker Weidermann (Alemania, 1969) es escritor, crítico literario y presentador de televisión. Estudió Ciencias Políticas y Filología Alemana en Heidelberg y en Berlín. Trabajó durante muchos años en el Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung y en la actualidad dirige la sección de cultura de Der Spiegel. Fue profesor en la Universidad Washington en San Luis y ha publicado varios ensayos de gran éxito sobre literatura y cultura alemanas.