A sensory refinement of human nature,
The only full-length novel completed by Zweig, the master of psychological novels!

While spending his free days at a garrison near the Hungarian border, Second Lieutenant Hofmiller is invited to a banquet and makes the mistake of asking the daughter of the family, Edith, to dance, not knowing that she is paralyzed from the waist down.
Hopmiller, who returned to the house to make up for his mistake, continues to visit the house out of pity for Edith. Edith, who has been living isolated from the world, develops feelings for Hopmiller, the only man who has come to see her...

Zweig, a famous Austrian biographer and master of human psychology, dissected every nuance of human emotions in this work and expressed them vividly and vividly.
Although it may make the reader feel uncomfortable by revealing the selfishness and weaknesses deep within the heart that one would rather hide, the analysis of human nature that one cannot help but agree with and the captivating development of the story show the true nature of the writer Zweig.