When the human stars shine

Chapter 1 Translator's Preface
The wheels of history are rolling over, leaving deep imprints on a road called time, and these imprints affect the development of the entire human world.

Stefan Zweig, a famous Austrian novelist and biographer, was born into a wealthy Jewish family.His main works include "Biography of Three Masters", "The Story of Chess", "Yesterday's World" and so on.For the creation of this book, he believes that such dramatic and fateful moments are extremely rare in personal life and in the evolution of history.These ten superstars that illuminate the sky of human civilization and the ten great moments that determine the world are like stars shining brightly forever.

The tragedy of Byzantium, the resurrection of Handel, the genius overnight, the elegy of Marienbad... These ten shocking moments miraculously descended on ten characters, and they may be lifted up by fate and sent to the heroes or be severely mocked by fate and thrown into the ranks of eternal grudges.Their unyielding, brave and fearless spirit has infected people from generation to generation. The collision of that strong personal consciousness and historical fate creates sparks that shine like stars, illuminating the sky of human civilization.

When translating this book, the translator kept the language style of the original work as much as possible, making it easier for readers to read and close to our lives.However, due to the limited time and level, there will inevitably be some problems and defects in the book. I hope readers and friends can give criticism and correction.

Translator

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