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'... 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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Chess, Stefan Zweig
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Chess
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stefan Zweig
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 50
- ISBN10
- 0241305160
- ISBN13
- 9780241305164
- Series
- First published
- 1942
- Original title
- Schachnovelle
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- '... 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.