Zweig is one of the world's foremost novelists and writers, with Maupassant, Chekhov, Eugene· span>Henry and others are equally famous. was also rated as the writer who best describes the psychology of characters and understands women best.

This book contains5 his classic short stories: " A Letter from a Strange Woman", "Malay Madman", "Woman and the Earth", "The Story of Chess", "Dark Night"

A Letter from a Strange Woman

A woman's best writing to the writer she loved all her life before she fell seriously ill and was about to die. The letter recounts the hardships she endured throughout her life for a writer who never even recognized her. And the bitterness of love.

This is the first time I've ever witnessed such an emotion. Even said that I never thought that such warm and sincere feelings were real.

“You, the one who never knew I existed.”

"Now, in this world, I have no one to rely on, only you can rely on me, but you don't know me exists.”

“In the past and now, you are the only one in my heart."

“I have had real life since the day I met you.”

"You live in two worlds, you have a bright side and a dark side, and the deepest secret is only You know it yourself, it's the secret of your life.”

“You are a fascinating puzzle to me. "

"From this day on, in the house we live in, in my small world of children, I am only interested in you , nothing else can distract me.”

“A child's secret love is unparalleled love, one that is hopeless, low, and unrecognizable Pay attention, be full of enthusiasm, and just blindly cater to the lover. This is different from the fiery desire of an adult woman. It does not have the greedy desire that love has. Gather all the enthusiasm, which only a lonely child can do.< span class="s1">”

“Others who overuse their emotions in social situations have worn out their own They are very familiar with love. They are often seen in conversations with people and in novels. They understand that love is the shared destiny of all people. They play with love like a toy. They are like boys who boast about being the first Flaunting love like a cigarette.”

“I have gathered my scattered feelings and dedicated them to you, together with my heart that is rushing out of passion. ”

“But you can't feel my mood, just like a pocket watch in your pocket, you can't feel its tightness Clockwork. The clockwork in my heart is counting the time for your arrival, and accompanies you with emotions that you cannot feel.”

"Is there anything scarier than living alone in a crowd?”

"In most cases, a woman's face is a mirror, sometimes reflecting fiery enthusiasm; other times innocent ; sometimes tired and drowsy; these feelings come and go quickly like people in a mirror.”

“Good things are forever in the heart.”

The Story of Chess

As the title says, this is a story about chess. Masters and masters play tricks. One is a world champion who is mentally retarded and can't utter a complete sentence other than chess. One is a doctor who has been imprisoned for months for his amusement with only a chess book. A calm mind and rich game experience. A well-versed chess skill can see the win or loss of the entire game from one move. Such two people have their own hidden stories. And the sparks that burst out when fighting.

“He couldn’t wait to test one thing: whether a man who is only good in one way can stand up to the crowd Test.”

“It has to be said that too-easy-to-get glory can really make an empty mind go wild.

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“There is nothing more attractive than chess to get a chess player interested. ”

“No matter what industry you are in, the winner is often the one with the best budget.”

“He is like a war horse, and after riding by many people, he knows who is really talented. ”

“Physical pain is temporary, but psychological pain is permanent.”

"I didn't know until I experienced it firsthand how insidious torture it was to keep people locked in a hotel room that was cut off from the outside world. method, it can destroy the mind of a normal person.”

“Those who have not experienced it cannot feel the panic, and those who have experienced it cannot describe the fear.< /span>”

“I want to break with the past, but that doesn’t mean I will have a chance to be reborn.”

“As a non-professional, winning or losing the game is not about profit, the key is to get happiness and confidence from the game.

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“Master moves always seem very mysterious. Even if he only takes one step, he has already figured out the next few moves. ”

“This situation is like a thunderbolt passing by, after a pale lightning, people wait anxiously for the roar of thunder, but The thunder is always silent, and everyone's heart is suspended in mid-air, unable to relax.”

Malay Madman

Describes a doctor who has not spoken to in a long time. A story about a lady who guards the secrets of her life.

Have lust. There is remorse. There is also redemption at a great price.

“In order to make the incident as mysterious as possible, they added fictional plots indiscriminately.< span class="s1">”

“No one speaks, the silence is like the air near the equator, making people feel stuffy. ”

“A small event on a voyage can turn into something extraordinary, such as a sail on the horizon , a dolphin jumping out of the ocean, a love story just discovered, and even a not-so-hilarious joke.”

“I went to bed early because I knew something on my mind would wake me up at midnight.”

“Silence has made me sick…< span class="s2">What's worse, people think the patient is ridiculous…. ” 

“Each of us has an obligation to show our willingness to help others by our own actions. We have an obligation to help those in need to difficult people.” 

“When I was young, I always felt that fever and death had nothing to do with me.”

“Trust is premised on confession without any concealment.”< /span>

“In my eyes, neither heaven nor hell exists.”

“A man can die as he wants, and not be disturbed by others in the name of help, that is what he does The only human rights left.” 

The Woman and the Earth

The story of the protagonist and a young girl who has been fortunate enough to meet a few times.

The entire description is shocking. It's like being there. every character. every rain. Every gust of wind. Every heat flow. As if you can feel their presence firsthand.

"The sun shines directly on the earth all day long. It is like a madman, with stubborn and rigid emotions, with yellow eyes to destroy the ground person on.”

"I stared stupidly at the strong light, under such sunlight, time disappeared, desire disappeared, just Not even the mind.”

"In this hot world, time is boiled, melted, lost in irritability, and becomes hot and boring A dream.”

“People are so tired that they need to take a nap, as is the wind, which sometimes stops.”

“The sky seems to be a big coffin, containing the heat of the world."

"There seems to be a terrifying battle going on between heaven and earth, staring at each other with hostility in their eyes , as if war was imminent.”

“I know that without a miracle, tonight will not pass; without lightning, the depression will not end.

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"Dark Night"

A story told to you in the hazy night.

The boy passed by. A girl fell in love with him. And he fell in love with another girl by mistake.

"The room is dark at this time. If two people sit in it, look at each other, but don't speak, then each other Both will feel that the familiar face of the other party is much older and more unfamiliar than the original, as if they are separated by time and space, and no one knows each other.” p>

“Or maybe our lives are so dull that each of us never knows what we really have. ”

"In the hazy night, those fresh, bright, flickering and jumping things that we yearn for keep flashing in front of our eyes, But then it became sparse and dim. ”

"The urge tormented him beyond resistance. He would even be a dog and crawl in front of her door; or Become a beggar, leaning on her window at all times.”

“Facing people I didn’t know, I made up some bizarre stories, imagined a variety of fates, and then Let them go back, go back to their lives and their world, will you smile because of this? This young man passed by the side of love, wandered for an hour in the wonderful garden, and finally left it forever. You will because Sad about this?”

“However, when people tell stories in a hazy night, it is inevitable that they will fall into a sad mood. The hazy night is thick, like A thin veil is draped over these stories. All the sorrow of the night sky hangs over them, and darkness flows through their blood. The words that tell these stories, wrapped in their richness and brilliance, make People sounded flesh and blood, exciting, like they were telling something we've experienced firsthand.”