Let yourself be carried away by the literary humanism of Stefan Zweig. In his masterful writing, he teaches us the value of compassion and reciprocity, and the different forms of happiness and love. In this book, we have collected four stories and a novella, which follow interpersonal encounters from different periods: from Jerusalem during the Roman occupation to Europe between the two world wars. The works take on a slightly melancholic but always human-loving tone. They contain a deep understanding of human character and motivations; short texts that function as perfect existential allegories. This is our twelfth translation of Zweig's literary works. All in the hands of Harel Kein, who for a decade has been providing a faithful and modern voice to one of the most important writers of the twentieth century.