Impatience of the Heart

The edition in German. The psychological novel by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig "Impatience of the Heart" is a tragic story of unrequited love between 17-year-old Edith von Kekeshfalva, the daughter of a wealthy Hungarian landowner, who is confined to... a wheelchair, and the young Austrian lieutenant Anton Hofmiller. Can compassion, cowardly and sentimental, save a loved one, or are "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"? Why did the heart, which loved so passionately and sincerely, not wait for its happy fate? What serious consequences will cowardice and betrayal lead to, and can conscience forget everything and betray to oblivion? As in the best novellas of the author, the novel masterfully describes the psychological nuances that reveal the feelings and actions of the main characters. The book is published in an unadapted version. Enjoy the only completed novel by Stefan Zweig in the original!