One of the joys of recent years is the translation into English of Stefan Zweig's stories--Edmund de Waal

Stefan Zweig was a late and magnificent bloom from the hothouse of fin de siecle Vienna--The Wall Street Journal

Zweig is one of the masters of the short story and novella, and by 'one of the masters' I mean that he's up there with Maupassant, Chekhov, James, Poe, or indeed anyone you care to name--Nick Lezard, Guardian

A new favourite writer of mine--Wes Anderson

Perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game--Economist

His great achievement in short form--The Times