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A brilliant writer (New York Times)
One of the joys of recent years is the translation into English of Stefan Zweig's stories (Edmund de Waal)
Stefan Zweig was a late and magnificent bloom from the hothouse of fin de siecle Vienna (The Wall Street Journal)
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, Chekhov, James, Poe, or indeed anyone you care to name (Nick Lezard Guardian)
A new favourite writer of mine (Wes Anderson)
Perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game (Economist)
His great achievement in short form (The Times)
'... 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 of genius.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Stefan Zweig's classic novella of obsession, madness and chessIn 1941 a cruise ship is heading to Buenos Aires, and on board a group of eager passengers challenge the reigning world chess champion to a match. At first they lose pitifully, until a kind stranger aids by whispering instructions to them - he is a masterful chess player, and as they play, the game itself draws the stranger closer and closer to its secrets.Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of the cost of obsession, set in a Central Europe traumatized by the psychological influence of Nazism. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780241305164
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