Name: Chess Story (New York Review Books Classics)
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Author: Zweig, Stefan ; Rotenberg, Joel ; Gay, Peter
ISBN: 9781590171691

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Chess Story (New York Review Books Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Stefan Zweig

Introduction by

Peter Gay

Translated by

Joel Rotenberg

Publisher

New York Review of Books

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.5 x 12.9 x 0.7 cm

Weight

0.12 kg.

ISBN

1590171691

ISBN13

9781590171691

Synopsis "Chess Story (New York Review Books Classics) "

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig's story. This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work's unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.

Stefan Zweig

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(Vienna, 1881 – Petrópolis, Brazil, 1942) a very popular writer, both as an essayist and biographer as well as a novelist, he was one of the most versatile writers of the first half of the 20th century. His narrative ability, skill, and delicacy in describing feelings and the elegance of his style make him a fascinating storyteller. He was associated with the great authors of his time: Rilke, Joseph Roth, Thomas Mann, H.G. Wells, Tagore, among others. After several decades in which his works were inexplicably ignored, Zweig has been rediscovered and currently enjoys the prestige and popularity that literary justice demanded.

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