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Chess: A Novel.

'... 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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 96
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-241-30516-4
  • EAN
  • 9780241305164
  • Release date
  • 2017