What does good text look like?
It is probably the feeling of being hit and even the soul trembling.
Even if you have never met and never intersected, the writer's words can be like golden fish hooks through time and space, reaching your heart. And you, willingly, are hooked. Known as the "mind catcher", the Austrian writer Zweig, who is famous for his works such as "When the Stars Of Mankind Shine" and "A Letter from a Strange Woman", is such a existence. November 28 marks the 140th anniversary of his birth, picking up some classic passages and sharing with you moments of being captivated by Zweig.
Those moments that were hit by Zweig
01/15
I had no experience, no thoughts:
Plunging into my destiny is like falling into an abyss.
From "Letter from a Strange Woman"
02/15
As long as people give in once, they will continue to give in.
One compromise is bound to lead to a series of new compromises.
From "When the Stars Of Mankind Shine"
03/15
She was too young at the time.
Not knowing all the gifts of fate,
The price has already been secretly marked.
From The Broken Queen
04/15
My heart
Always nervous for you, trembling for you;
But you don't feel anything about it.
It's like you have a pocket watch in your pocket.
You don't feel the same about its taut clockwork.
This clockwork was patiently in secret
Counting your hours, counting your time,
With an inaudible heartbeat to accompany you from place to place,
And you're in the millions of seconds it's ticking.
Only once did he glance at it in a hurry.
05/15
In this world,
There is nothing better than being in the crowd,
But it is even more terrible to have to live alone.
06/15
Listen,
Do things halfway,
Talking without a head and a tail is a bad thing.
The source of all evil in this world is the half-hanging spirit.
From "The Anxiety of the Heart"
07/15
destiny
Disdainfully shut out those who cower.
08/15
There's only one thing that can fatigue people —
That's wavering.
And everything you do will liberate people physically and mentally,
Even if things are broken,
It's also better than doing nothing.
09/15
A man can escape from anything,
He alone could not escape himself.
10/15
Who once discovers themselves,
He will lose nothing in this world.
Whoever understands man in himself,
And I understand all of them.
From "Wonderful Nights"
11/15
There is only one way out:
When other people's heads are hot and loud,
Retreat into your own heart and remain silent.
From "Yesterday's World"
12/15
It took many years for me to understand,
It is the escalation and intensification of torture, persecution and loneliness,
Nor will it destroy a person.
This is true of all the great things in life.
A person acquires this kind of understanding,
Never through the experience of others,
And always can only be obtained from their own destiny.
13/15
Getting older,
It doesn't really mean anything else.
It just means that you are no longer afraid of the past.
From "Twenty-Four Hours of a Woman's Life"
14/15
You still have all your ideals today,
All those ideals that you took to the distant world?
All of this you still keep, not damaged,
Or are some dead and withered?
Or in the end people don't put these ideals into account
Forcibly snatched from your arms and thrown in the sludge,
Crushed by thousands of wheels racing towards a goal in life?
Or did you not lose anything at all?
From "Forgotten Dreams"
15/15
A nation,
There is only one genius among millions of people;
Millions of idle hours in the world pass by,
There is a truly historic moment,
Moments of human starlight.
Illustrator 丨 painter Einar Jolin
If Zweig has a social media account
He might introduce himself like this —
I, as an Austrian, a Jew, a writer, a humanitarian, a pacifist, happen to stand on the seismic belt.
The "most violent places" are Germany and Austria. Zweig lived between the end of the 19th century and the Second World War, lived through two world wars in his lifetime, experiencing revolutions, famine, inflation, currency devaluation, epidemic diseases, and political exiles... The ill-fated times and turbulent human world have left a deep mark on his life.
He might post a picture of his hour —
In today's parlance, Zweig is the proper "rich second generation." Born on 28 November 1881 in Vienna to a wealthy family, he lived the elegant life of the European upper class, with a desk used by Beethoven in his study and a collection of Goethe's manuscripts. At the age of 17, he published poetry in magazines and at the age of 20, his first book of poetry was published, and fate favored Zweig during that period, and his works not only sold well, but he himself became a rare "idol writer" and was often recognized by readers in public.
He may frequently "debunk rumors" -
I really haven't said this.
Today, Zweig is the "scribble hand" who brushes the screen. This is evidenced by the large number of Zweig quotes that have been circulated to this day. There are not many writers who can write well and well at the same time, and who are popular among readers, and Zweig is one of the best. The beautiful writing is the first impression of Zweig's works by many readers, and he makes the reader feel that the text is flowing naturally, there is no sense of showmanship and contrivance, and there are often inspiring golden sentences that follow.
He may be frequently "Ait" by various gods -
Gorky: @Zweig I was deeply struck by its astonishingly sincere tone, its warmth towards the superhuman woman, its originality in its subject matter, and its singular expressiveness that only a true artist possesses... Because of my sympathy for the heroine, because of her image and her grief-stricken heart song, which made me so excited that I cried without shame. #读完 "Letter from a Strange Woman" I cried #
Freud: I admire your delicate and beautiful language, which expresses ideas so well that it looks like a transparent shirt pressed against a classical statue. @Zweig #请大家多多支持我的代表作 "The Interpretation of Dreams" #
Romain Rowland: @Zweig = The best depictor of charm and despair # disagreement # #茨威格yyds #
The portrayal of the character's heart can be described as Zweig's most eye-catching label. His works mostly depict people's subconscious activities and people's fate driven by passion, and there is a kind of extreme delicacy in the text copying of the character's psychology, and the poetic text is combined with the ups and downs of psychological changes, so that reading becomes a subtle and smooth, unexpected and reasonable inner adventure.
He may be very good at writing back to overseas fans —
"I lack patience as a reader, I have an impatient temper ... Only when I read the pages and the plot was always high, and the breathless book until the last page was exciting and breathless, did I fully enjoy it. (With a signed photo)
Another reason Zweig's novels are popular with readers is that the plot is tight and the narrative is interlocked without delay. Zweig's sense of service to its readers is the "conscience of the trade".
His last update might be —
The world that speaks the same language as me has sunk for me, and my spiritual homeland of Europe has self-destructed... Due to years of wandering the world and being homeless, my strength has been exhausted. Therefore, I think it is better to end my life in time and without losing dignity.
I greet all my friends. May they still see the rising sun after this long night! And I, who are too impatient, must go before them!
After the Nazis came to power, Zweig, who came from a Jewish family, began a turbulent and desperate exile. On February 22, 1942, Zweig left a suicide note in protest against the dehumanizing fascists by peacefully ending his life in his apartment in Brazil. At that time, the European continent was in the darkest hour in the shadow of the Nazi massacre.
Content 丨Reference to Beijing Youth Daily
Li Tong, author of "The Life of Zweig of the Second Generation of The Rich"
Producer 丨 Ma Wenjia Editor 丨 Wang Ruolu