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.
- שם: Chess Story
- מחבר: STEFAN SWEIG, Stefan Zweig
- מקט: NRB-118568
