Curry and Book Club: "Beware of Pity" by Stefan Zweig

The event is in two parts. We will be meeting in-person at 18:00 at The Swan in Cheltenham to make the most of their early bird curry deal*. Then at around 19:00, we will seamlessly shift to hosting our quarterly book club. You are more than welcome to join us for either or both parts! Please drop us a line if you would like any further information.

(* previously the deal has required food to be ordered before 18:00, but note the rules could be different by the time we meet for this session!)

The book up for discussion this month is "Beware of Pity" by Stefan Zweig, thus:

"Stefan's Zweig's Beware of Pity is an almost unbearably tense and powerful tale of unrequited love and the danger of pity. The famous novel is published by Pushkin Press in a cloth bound hardback, beautifully designed by Nathan Burton and translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell.
In 1913 a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope.
Stefan Zweig's only novel is a devastating depiction of the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love, realised against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire."
Source: https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/beware-of-pity-book-stefan-zweig-9781908968371