This com­pelling work explores the pro­found expe­ri­ences of per­se­cu­tion and exile as seen through the inter­con­nect­ed lives of three remark­able writ­ers: Ste­fan Zweig, Joseph Roth and Wal­ter Ben­jamin. All three were dis­placed and hunt­ed to death by fas­cism. Their lit­er­ary bril­liance, tumul­tuous lives, and trag­ic ends con­tin­ue to cap­ti­vate the imag­i­na­tion and inspire. By bring­ing togeth­er the extra­or­di­nary sto­ries of Zweig, Roth, and Ben­jamin for the first time in a sin­gle overview, Richard Harp­er offers a thought-pro­vok­ing exam­i­na­tion of the mean­ing and feel­ing of dis­place­ment, so high­ly rel­e­vant to the wide­spread and chal­leng­ing issues of per­se­cu­tion and migra­tion today.