Books to reflect on living through the turn of a century.

It was Stephen Zweig’s The World of Yesterday that first prompted my reflecting on living in two centuries that are radically different. I was born in 1960 and for the last 6-10 years I’ve been feeling of the 20th century. I’m not a nostalgic person. It’s a matter ethos.

What moved me in Zweig’s book were not the endless descriptions of situations and experiences but his reflections on them and his emotions.

The turn from the 19th to 20th century interest me the most. It could be fiction or nonfiction. I’m not sure about science-fiction though. I prefer literature; I don’t care for historical novels. Perhaps a well-written autobiography?