Impatience of the heart (novel)

The novel Impatience of the Heart , published in 1939, is the only completed novel by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig .

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The young lieutenant Anton Hofmiller is invited to the castle of the Hungarian magnate Lajos von Kékesfalva. There he met his paralyzed daughter Edith and developed affection, but above all deep, subtle pity for her. Hofmiller gives the terminally ill, who falls in love with him, hopes for a speedy recovery and eventually even becomes engaged to her. But since he only acts out of pity, not out of love, disaster takes its course. For fear of ridicule and contempt, he does not stand by their connection in public. When Edith learns that he is denying the engagement in front of others, she falls from a tower. Overcome with guilt, he throws himself into a mindless escape into the struggles of the early World War .

First edition

• Impatience of the heart . Novel. Bermann-Fischer / Allert de Lange, Stockholm / Amsterdam 1939

radio play

• 1961: impatience of the heart. With Gustl Halenke , Walter Andreas Schwarz , Matthias Fuchs a . a., direction and radio play adaptation: Gert Westphal ; Music: Peter Zwetkoff . Production by Südwestfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Swiss Radio DRS and Austrian Radio.

Movies

• 1946: Impatience of the Heart ( Beware of pity ) - Director: Maurice Elvey - Actors: Lilli Palmer and Albert Lieven
• 1970: Merhamet ( Pity ) - Director: Bilge Olgaç - Cast: Türkan Şoray and Demir Karahan
• 1979: La Pitié dangereuse / Impatience of the Heart - Director: Édouard Molinaro - Actors: Marie-Hélène Breillat , Mathieu Carrière

Manuscripts

A large collection of Stefan Zweig's manuscripts is in the German Literature Archive in Marbach . The novel Impatience of the Heart can be seen there in the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach in the permanent exhibition, from the first notes to the fair copy to the proofs.

Web links

• Impatience of the heart in the Gutenberg-DE project

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tilman Krause: The Marbach Literature Museum is rebuilding its permanent exhibition. In: welt.de. Die Welt , June 3, 2015, accessed March 1, 2017 .