'The most exciting book I have ever read ... a feverish fascinating novel' Antony Beevor
Sunday Telegraph'I can't take any more of your revolting merciful kindness!'Who would have
thought that the great military hero Captain Hofmiller - that living monument to his own
courage - would have anything burdening his soul? But when he reveals his story it is not one
of bravery but tragedy: a simple blunder at a dance from which disaster grows ruining lives
with his weak foolish pity...Impatience of the Heart is Stefan Zweig's greatest novel
fiercely capturing human emotions in all their subtleties and extremes - while Hofmiller his
unforgettable naïve creation misunderstands everything resulting in his downfall.A new
translation by Jonathan Katz
