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26%OFFStefan Zweig - A Chess Story - 9781782270119 - V9781782270119
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A Chess Story

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Description for A Chess Story Paperback. A new Pushkin Collection edition of this classic Zweig novella-an epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of persecution and obsession Translator(s): Starritt, Alexander. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
An epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of persecution and obsession. One of the most perfectly gripping novellas from a master of the form, Stefan Zweig. Chess world champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven to insanity during Nazi imprisonment by the chess games in his imagination. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782270119
SKU
V9781782270119
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About Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a translator and later as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and enjoying literary fame. His stories and novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the ... Read more

Reviews for A Chess Story
Perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game. Never mind that you may have never moved a pawn to King four; the story will grip you. Economist The novella is one of Zweig's most horrifying investigations into monomania and at the same time a parable of the dangers inherent in engaging with Nazism.
Ruth ... Read more

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