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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. But in agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay?
A moving portrait of one man's madness, A Chess Story is a searing examination of the power of the mind and the evil it can do.
'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
A staunch pacifist after his time in the Ministry of War during the First World War, Stefan Zweig was, at his peak, one of the bestselling and most widely acclaimed authors in the world. Following Hitler's rise to power, he and his second wife fled Austria; first to England, then to America, and finally, in 1940, they travelled together to Brazil, where the couple took an overdose and died. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press.
A staunch pacifist after his time in the Ministry of War during the First World War, Stefan Zweig was, at his peak, one of the bestselling and most widely acclaimed authors in the world. Following Hitler's rise to power, he and his second wife fled Austria; first to England, then to America, and finally, in 1940, they travelled together to Brazil, where the couple took an overdose and died. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press.
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. On an ocean liner heading for Buenos Aires, the chess world champion is playing, and winning, against a group of fellow passengers, until a stranger steps forward from the watching crowds. How can this man, who claims not to have moved a piece in twenty years, challenge the Grand Master? As the game unfolds, so, gradually, does the truth of the stranger's dark and damaged past-an unnerving tale of tyranny, imprisonment and obsession. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781782270119
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Description du livre Paperback / softback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 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. N° de réf. du vendeur B9781782270119
Description du livre Etat : New. 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. . 2013. Paperback. . . . . N° de réf. du vendeur V9781782270119
Description du livre Etat : New. 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. . 2013. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9781782270119
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