Chess: A Novella

On a cruiseship bound for Buenos Aires, a passenger challenges the world chess champion to a match. He accepts with a sneer. The chess board is surrounded. At first, the challenger crumbles before the mind of the master. But then, a voice begins to whisper suggestions. The speaker is wholly unknown. But somehow, he is also entirely formidable.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Zweig
• Assisted by: Anthea Bell (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.01.2006
• EAN: 9780141023373
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102337-3
• No. of pages: 75
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks; Penguin Red Classics; Pocket Penguin Classics; Red Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics; Penguin Pocketbooks; Red Penguin Classics; Penguin Red Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature