The Game of Chess and Other Stories
New Translation
(Sprache: Englisch)
Stefan Zweigs last and most famous story, The Game of Chess was written in exile in Brazil and explores its authors anxieties about the situation in Europe following the rise of the Nazi regime. The tale is presented here in a brand-new translation, along...
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Stefan Zweigs last and most famous story, The Game of Chess was written in exile in Brazil and explores its authors anxieties about the situation in Europe following the rise of the Nazi regime. The tale is presented here in a brand-new translation, along with three of the master storytellers most acclaimed novellas.
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When it is discovered that the reigning world chess champion, Mirko Czentovic, is on board a cruiser heading for Buenos Aires, a fellow passenger challenges him to a game. Czentovic easily defeats him, but during the rematch a mysterious Austrian, Dr B., intervenes and, to the surprise of everyone, helps the underdog obtain a draw. When, the next day, Dr B. confides in a compatriot travelling on the same ship and decides to reveal the harrowing secret behind his formidable chess knowledge, a chilling tale of imprisonment and psychological torment unfolds.Stefan Zweig's last and most famous story, 'A Game of Chess' was written in exile in Brazil and explores its author's anxieties about the situation in Europe following the rise of the Nazi regime. The tale is presented here in a brand-new translation, along with three of the master storyteller's most acclaimed novellas: Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman, The Invisible Collection and Incident on Lake Geneva.
Autoren-Porträt von Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig, novelist, essayist, biographer, dramatist and pacifist, was born in Vienna in 1881 into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. In the 1920s and 30s Zweig enjoyed great literary fame and was one of the most translated authors in the world. With the rise of Nazism, Zweig moved to England where, in 1940, he became a British subject. Following a lecture tour of South America and a period in New York, he moved to Brazil where in 1942, in despair at the future of Europe, he and his wife committed suicide.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Stefan Zweig
- 2016, 160 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 20 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzer: Peter James Bowman
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1847495818
- ISBN-13: 9781847495815
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.03.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Perhaps the best chess story ever written, perhaps the best about any game. The Economist
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