Book · 2023 · Authors, Austrian
The World of Yesterday
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It's an extraordinary memoir of life in Vienna and in Europe between the wars and then the rise of the Nazis.
What they say about it
- Recommends reading the book“can't recommend highly enough”3
- Calls it a remarkable memoir“it's an extraordinary memoir”2
The best things said about it
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig I found myself reading twice since Trump's election. But it's just haunting and beautiful.
It's really remarkable. I recommend that everyone read it.
There's a wonderful book I can't recommend highly enough.
That's one of my favorite books, Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday.
Douglas Murray Lex Fridman Podcast · Jun 2022 A book I have referenced recently here on Eon talk is the world of yesterday by stepan V and he has a remarkable set of pages where he talks about the influence of War one on Art.
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Why people recommend it
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig is a haunting autobiographical memoir that captures the author's life in Vienna and the broader cultural splendor of a united Europe before its collapse into the catastrophic world wars and the rise of Nazism. Ben Rhodes recommended the book on The Ezra Klein Show, sharing that he read it twice following Donald Trump's election to help make sense of living through a collapsing liberal order. On EconTalk, Russ Roberts repeatedly praised the memoir as extraordinary and remarked that he recommends it to everyone for its profound historical insights, a sentiment echoed by James Marriott, who similarly called it a wonderful book. Mark Suster also strongly recommended the work on This Week in Startups, viewing it as vital reading for understanding European society, tolerance, and the ultimate political breakdown of the era. Furthermore, guests like Amit Segal on The Ezra Klein Show and Douglas Murray on the Lex Fridman Podcast have lauded the book, with Murray highlighting its fascinating descriptions of fin-de-siècle Viennese culture. Russ Roberts also referenced the text in a later episode of EconTalk to illustrate the immense cultural trauma and influence of the First World War on art. Through these discussions, Zweig's final work remains celebrated as a poignant elegy for a lost era of cosmopolitanism and intellectual freedom.
Every mention
Russ Roberts His memoir, which I really recommend, which I think your quote is from, it's called The World of Yesterday.… 3
“His memoir, which I really recommend, which I think your quote is from, it's called The World of Yesterday. It's an extraordinary memoir of life in in in Vienna and in Europe between the wars and then the rise of the Nazis.”
“a book I have referenced recently here on Eon talk is the world of yesterday by stepan V and he has a remarkable set of pages where he talks about the influence of War one on Art”
“I'll just add a few comments to that you and I have corresponded via email about the world of yesterday which is stepan V's Memoir uh his autobiography it's really remarkable I I recommend that everyone read it”
Amit Segal Stefan swag's books are always amazing especially the world of yesterday 1
“Stefan swag's books are always amazing especially the world of yesterday”
Ben Rhodes Then I personally, as someone who's been trying to make sense of what it's like to live in a collapsing lib… 1
“Then I personally, as someone who's been trying to make sense of what it's like to live in a collapsing liberal order, um The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig I found myself reading twice since Trump's election. But it's it's just haunting and beautiful um contemporaneous uh you know, Stefan Zweig was a great Austrian writer writing this writing”
Douglas Murray when they talk about the past i mean that's one of my favorite books stefan zweig's the world of yesterday… 1
“when they talk about the past i mean that's one of my favorite books stefan zweig's the world of yesterday including the descriptions of what it was like trying to have sex in pre-first world war”
James Marriott Uh I love his memoir uh the world of yesterday. That's a really wonderful book. 1
“Uh I love his memoir uh the world of yesterday. That's a really wonderful book.”
Mark Suster there's a wonderful book I can't recommend highly enough I don't know if you've read it Dan it's called the… 1
“there's a wonderful book I can't recommend highly enough I don't know if you've read it Dan it's called the world of yesterday have you come across this book Before It's a Wonderful book”
Stephen Dubner that's certainly the impression I get from Reading stepan's viag 2
“that's certainly the impression I get from Reading stepan's viag”
“this is what Stefan's vag writes about the world of yesterday”
Dan Senor not only were Jews present going back thousands of years so so again Jews were indigenous to the land the s… 1
“not only were Jews present going back thousands of years so so again Jews were indigenous to the land the second point is the Jews that came to Israel later on which relates to this book you're talking about the world of Y”
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“the great viese writer stepan Z who killed himself in 1942 left behind a memoir called the world of yesterday”