'... 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.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241305164Number of pages: 96Weight: 78 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 5 mm
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A brilliant writerOne of the joys of recent years is the translation into English of Stefan Zweig's storiesStefan Zweig was a late and magnificent bloom from the hothouse of fin de siecle ViennaZweig is one of the masters of the short story and novella,and by'one of the masters'I mean that he's up there with Maupassant,Chekhov,James,Poe,or indeed anyone you care to nameA new favourite writer of minePerhaps the best chess story ever written,perhaps the best about any gameHis great achievement in short form
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