Chess: A Novel
£7.99
On a cruise ship bound for Buenos Aires, a wealthy passenger challenges the world chess champion to a match. He agrees, but only on one condition – that the stakes are suitably high. Soon, the chessboard is surrounded with onlookers – and one voice in the crowd will play a key role in the outcome of the match.
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‘… 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.
| Weight | 0.078 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 0.5 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 50 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Reprint |
| Dewey | 833.912 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
