Blogs in January 1970

The Post-Office Girl 1st January 1970

The book is divided into two parts: It is 1926, and the main character, Christine Hoflehner, in her late 20s, works as a lowly postal clerk in a small Austrian village. She has lost her father and her brother...

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The World of Yesterday 1st January 1970

Austrian writer Stefan Zweig’s final work, posted to his publisher the day before his tragic death, brings the destruction of a war-torn Europe vividly to life. Written as both a recollection of the past, and as a warning for...

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Chess 1st January 1970

A group of passengers on a cruise ship from New York to Buenos Aires challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd...

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