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A Chess Story (Paperback)
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A Chess Story (Paperback)
Series: Pushkin Collection
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List price R303
Loot Price R244
Discovery Miles 2 440
You Save R59 (19%)
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An epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of
persecution and obsession. One of the most perfectly gripping
novellas from a master of the form, Stefan Zweig. Chess world
champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos
Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board
by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating
each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger
with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven to insanity
during Nazi imprisonment by the chess games in his imagination. But
in agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately
pay? A moving portrait of one man's madness, A Chess Story is a
searing examination of the power of the mind and the evil it can
do. 'The rediscovery of this extraordinary writer could well be on
a par with last year's refinding of the long-lost Stoner, by John
Williams, and which similarly could pluck his name out of a dusty
obscurity.' Simon Winchester, Telegraph 'Perhaps the best chess
story ever written, perhaps the best about any game. Never mind
that you may have never moved a pawn to King four; the story will
grip you.' Economist 'His great achievement in short form'The Times
A staunch pacifist after his time in the Ministry of War during the
First World War, Stefan Zweig was, at his peak, one of the
bestselling and most widely acclaimed authors in the world.
Following Hitler's rise to power, he and his second wife fled
Austria; first to England, then to America, and finally, in 1940,
they travelled together to Brazil, where the couple took an
overdose and died. Much of his work is available from Pushkin
Press.
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