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Chess: A Novel
Stefan Zweig
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Description for Chess: A Novel
Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
'... a human being, an intellectual human being who constantly bends the entire force of his mind on the ridiculous task of forcing a wooden king into the corner of a wooden board, and does it without going mad!' A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price ... Read more
'... a human being, an intellectual human being who constantly bends the entire force of his mind on the ridiculous task of forcing a wooden king into the corner of a wooden board, and does it without going mad!' A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241305164
SKU
V9780241305164
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About Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna to a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. Recognition as a writer came early for Zweig; by the age of forty, he had already won literary fame. In 1934, with Nazism entrenched, Zweig left Austria for England, and became a British citizen in 1940. In 1941 he and his second wife went to Brazil, where ... Read more
Reviews for Chess: A Novel
His great achievement in short form
The Times
Perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game
Economist A new favourite writer of mine
Wes Anderson Zweig is one of the masters of the short story and novella, and by 'one of the masters' I mean that he's up there with Maupassant, ... Read more
The Times
Perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game
Economist A new favourite writer of mine
Wes Anderson Zweig is one of the masters of the short story and novella, and by 'one of the masters' I mean that he's up there with Maupassant, ... Read more