Chess
1942 • 128 pages

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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible mini editions of short stories, novellas, and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith A Penguin Classics Hardcover 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 the past.

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A fantastic and thought provoking read. It is difficult not to to believe that parts of this were autobiographical. I was extremely saddened to discover that Zweig committed suicide shortly after submitting the manuscript for this novella.

Highly recommended.

May 21, 2017

i'll just pretend i know

January 15, 2024