tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post900549983727454264..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Stefan-Zweig-WegDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-91731692003546387512016-08-25T10:11:35.493+01:002016-08-25T10:11:35.493+01:00Every day some new absurdity - we've gone past...Every day some new absurdity - we've gone past the point of being surprised, but that's a corker. All we need is George Galloway in the mix (if you haven't heard of him over there, so much the better).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-11784717401112777052016-08-25T02:25:10.784+01:002016-08-25T02:25:10.784+01:00Indeed you couldn't make this stuff up, and in...Indeed you couldn't make this stuff up, and indeed, it gets ever more surreal, for Farage has just joined Trump to campaign in Mississippi: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37177938" rel="nofollow">here's the link</a>.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-27092856308493004912016-08-24T07:42:29.386+01:002016-08-24T07:42:29.386+01:00I think I may have written about this before, but ...I think I may have written about this before, but it amazes me how very topical Zweig remains re the threat to our own precariously united Europe, and on dangerous demagogues... But the Trump/Clinton saga is something you couldn't make up; how many plays and books will be written about it? I see our own mini-Trump-with-half-a-brain Boris is already the subject of Edinburgh Fringe shows.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-61690689759532408102016-08-23T16:29:58.285+01:002016-08-23T16:29:58.285+01:00Zwieg was a fascinating man, wasn't he? I'...Zwieg was a fascinating man, wasn't he? I'm so glad you walked us down his Weg, at least virtually. While even at my best, I couldn't begin to match your pace, I must get back to reading more books and a lot less news.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-79336985495973681082016-08-23T07:30:29.465+01:002016-08-23T07:30:29.465+01:00Not that many on the Kapuzinerberg, Laurent, and t...Not that many on the Kapuzinerberg, Laurent, and they only come up for the 'belvedere' and go back. I saw only a jogger and two other people on my circuit of the 'Weg'.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-57527840393843427542016-08-23T04:02:09.804+01:002016-08-23T04:02:09.804+01:00A lot of memories here, I missed not going to Salz...A lot of memories here, I missed not going to Salzburg this year for the Festival or just a vacation, a charming city. We never did go up the alley to see Stefan Zweig's house. I am not surprised it is shielded now from view, to many tourists. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03297393116796129135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-63705906625823154942016-08-18T14:01:17.523+01:002016-08-18T14:01:17.523+01:00I apply the same judgement to all the Stuarts, mal...I apply the same judgement to all the Stuarts, male or female, from Mary to the Young Pretender. They all lacked judgement which QEI had in ample supply. I will be interested to hear what Zweig concludes.David Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-71633088366974641262016-08-18T10:59:05.933+01:002016-08-18T10:59:05.933+01:00Still questionable - probably no more so than tric...Still questionable - probably no more so than tricksy QE1. And I wonder if the same label would have been applied to a man. Even Zweig shows traces of his time's casual sexism. Anyway, he's the subject for now, not Mary.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-91914966920119183002016-08-18T10:50:16.285+01:002016-08-18T10:50:16.285+01:00I did not mean that she was sexually immoral. I us...I did not mean that she was sexually immoral. I used the word in its broader sense of her qualities of characterDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-10941193208257406952016-08-18T09:06:23.281+01:002016-08-18T09:06:23.281+01:00Knew her, did you? So far nothing in Zweig to sugg...Knew her, did you? So far nothing in Zweig to suggest she was immoral. Anyway, that is SUCH a footnote. We can wrangle about her when I've finished the book.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-16207088435114108172016-08-18T07:22:58.367+01:002016-08-18T07:22:58.367+01:00Mary Stuart may have been proud but she was quite ...Mary Stuart may have been proud but she was quite hopeless as head of government and as a moral person. All the Stuarts were the same, and one can only be thankful that Katherine of Braganza was sterile. Although I suppose one can say that there was a good result of their foolishness, in that it provoked the Glorious Revolution, and set the country on the path to democracyDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.com