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The Royal Game: A Chess Story (Paperback)
Published by Pushkin Press, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 1782278265 ISBN 13: 9781782278269
Language: English
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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, The Royal Game: A Chess Story is a searing examination of the power of the mind and the evil it can do. A new edition of this classic Zweig story - an epic chess match on a transatlantic liner during WW2 unearths a story of persecution and obsession. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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The Royal Game: A Chess Story
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. 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, The Royal Game: a chess story is a searing examination of the power of the mind and the evil it can do.
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A Chess Story
Published by Pushkin Press Classics, 2025
ISBN 10: 1805332414 ISBN 13: 9781805332411
Language: English
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A Chess Story
Published by Pushkin Press Classics, 2025
ISBN 10: 1805332414 ISBN 13: 9781805332411
Language: English
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A Chess Story (Paperback)
Published by Pushkin Press, London, 2025
ISBN 10: 1805332414 ISBN 13: 9781805332411
Language: English
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Chess 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 games played in his imagination. In agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay?Stark, intense, overpowering, A Chess Story is a grandmaster's examination of madness and the power of a mind willing to sacrifice everything to win. Stark, intense, overpowering, A Chess Story is a grandmaster's examination of madness and the power of a mind willing to sacrifice everything to win. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Chess Story (Paperback)
Published by New York Review Books, New York, 2005
ISBN 10: 1590171691 ISBN 13: 9781590171691
Language: English
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological.Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig's story.This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work's unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection. "Chess Story," also known as "The Royal Game," is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig's story. This new translation of "Chess Story" brings out the work's unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Chess Story
Published by New York Review Books, US, 2005
ISBN 10: 1590171691 ISBN 13: 9781590171691
Language: English
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A Chess Story
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. 'Perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game' Economist'Zweig belongs with those masters of the novella - Maupassant, Turgenev, Chekhov' Paul Bailey, TLSChess 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 games played in his imagination. In agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay?Stark, intense, overpowering, A Chess Story is a grandmaster's examination of madness and the power of a mind willing to sacrifice everything to win.Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.Translated by Alexander Starritt.Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a translator and later as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and enjoying literary fame. His stories and novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the rise of Nazism, he briefly moved to London, taking British citizenship. After a short period in New York, he settled in Brazil where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in bed in an apparent double suicide.Alexander Starritt is the author of the novels We Germans and The Beast. His translations of The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man by Franz Kafka and Late Fame by Arthur Schnitzler are also published by Pushkin Press.
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Chess Story (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
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The Royal Game: A Chess Story
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Chess Story (Paperback or Softback)
Published by New York Review of Books 12/9/2005, 2005
ISBN 10: 1590171691 ISBN 13: 9781590171691
Language: English
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Chess Story
Published by New York Review Books, 2005
ISBN 10: 1590171691 ISBN 13: 9781590171691
Language: English
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Chess Story
Published by The New York Review Books Incorporated, 2005
ISBN 10: 1590171691 ISBN 13: 9781590171691
Language: English
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The Royal Game: A Chess Story
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Chess Story (New York Review Books Classics)
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Chess Story
Published by New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The, 2005
ISBN 10: 1590171691 ISBN 13: 9781590171691
Language: English
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