
- Publisher:
- LADYBIRD
- Year of publication:
- 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-0-241-30516-4
- Pages:
- 50
CHESS
A NOVEL
STEFAN ZWEIG
'... 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.