Christina Hoflener is Stefan Zweig's second novel, written in the 1930s, discovered in the writer's archives and published only 40 years after his death. A very young Christina Hoflener escapes a semi-poverty existence in a small Austrian village. The future promises her nothing but dull work in the local mail, worries about the sick mother and meager salary. But suddenly everything changes.... Aunt - in the past kept, who managed to marry an American millionaire - invites her niece to join her at a chic Swiss resort At the feet of a village girl, showered with graces and gifts of a generous relative, the whole world seems to fall. But how long did she smile happiness? . The plot of the novel is based on the film “The hop of transformation”, shot by the master of French cinema douard Molinaro .. And for the film “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, according to the director, the text of the novel takes a description of a luxury hotel in Switzerland. The collection includes "Chess Novel", as well as the novels "In the twilight" and "Leporella" .