At the dawn of the Great War, Lieutenant Anton Hofmiller receives an invitation to go to the castle of the Hungarian Lajos von Kekesfalva tycoon, whose daughter, who suffers from chronic paralysis, falls for the young officer. Hofmiller, who only feels compassion for the young Edith decide to hide their true feelings and you will have hope for a speedy recovery. He even engaged to her, but does not recognize their engagement in public. As a criminal in the dark, Hofmiller will take refuge in the war, from where he will return as a hero. Impatience heart-hitherto known among us as Beware of Pity-is undoubtedly one of the best books of Zweig, a startling portrait of unfathomable human nature that will catch the reader from the first page.
