Chess - A Novel

... 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!''br>br>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.>

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Zweig
• Assisted by: Anthea Bell (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.08.2017
• EAN: 9780241305164
• ISBN: 978-0-241-30516-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 200 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Interior life, FICTION / World Literature / Austria