《人类群星闪耀时》为“名家名译世界文学名著”丛书之一，历*好的传记作家——斯蒂芬茨威格用细腻而又充满激情的文字，像播放纪录片一样，生动地再现了改写人类进程的十二个真实的历史片段：不朽的逃亡者、拜占庭的陷落、亨德尔的复活、一夜天才、滑铁卢决定胜利的一瞬、玛里恩浴场哀歌、黄金国的发现、壮丽的瞬间、飞越大洋的第―句话、逃向上帝、南极争夺战、封闭的列车。这些关键时刻，就像星辰一般永远闪耀着光辉，普照着人类暂时的黑夜。(Decisive Moments in History is one of the “a famous translation of world literature”. Stefan Zweig, a biographer with excellent historical knowledge, vividly reproduced twelve real historical footage that rewrote the human process with subtle and passionate words, like playing the documentary: Escape to Immortality, Conquest of Byzantium, Resurrection of Georg Friedrich Händel, The Genius of a Night, The World Minute of Waterloo, The Elegy of Marienbad, The Discovery of Eldorado, Heroic Moment, The First Word Across the Ocean, The Flight to God, The Fight for the South Pole and The Sealed Train. These critical moments, like the stars, always shine and shine through the temporary night of human beings.)