Summer Before the Dark - Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth, Ostend 1936
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekOstend, 1936: as fascism and war threaten Europe, the seaside town is playing host to exiled artists and intellectuals. Among them are Stefan Zweig - a man in crisis, seeking refuge in Ostend with his lover Lotte - and his estranged friend Joseph Roth.