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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... Read Full Overview

Eine beklemmende Erkundung von Isolation, Intellekt und den Feinheiten des menschlichen Geistes auf einem Schachbrett mitten auf hoher See. "Die Schachnovelle" ist eine Novelle des österreichischen Autors Stefan Zweig. Das Werk wurde posthum im Jahr 1942 veröffentlicht und zählt... Read Full Overview

"Chess," the fantastic read-in-one-sitting novella by Stefan Zweig, weaves the psychological intricacies of human nature with the strategic logics of the royal game. Set against the backdrop of World War II era political and social violence, Zweig crafts a narrative in which... Read Full Overview

Sur un paquebot s'opposent deux champions d' checs que tout s pare: le champion du monde en titre, d'une origine modeste mais tacticien redoutable, et un aristocrate qui n'a pu pratiquer que mentalement, isol dans une ge le priv e pendant l'occupation de l'Autriche par les nazis... Read Full Overview

With no capacity for any other intellectual activity, Mirko Czentovicz revealed himself as a world champion chess genius. But, on a boat trip from New York to Buenos Aires, he is presented with an enigmatic opponent: Mr. B., a Viennese nobleman fleeing from the Nazis. One of... Read Full Overview

Un crucero que cubre la ruta de Nueva York a Buenos Aires es el escenario de una singular partida de ajedrez. El arrogante campe n del mundo, que acude a la capital argentina a defender su t tulo, se enfrenta a un pomposo millonario escoc s y al narrador de la historia. Al unirse... Read Full Overview

Una de las obras m s conocidas de Stefan Zweig, traducida a m s de cuarenta idiomas y una exitosa lectura escolar.

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El 21 de febrero de 1942, dos d as antes de poner fin a su vida junto a su segunda... Read Full Overview

Stefan Zweig's posthumously published Chess Story is the tale of a legendary chess match played on an ocean liner leaving Nazi-occupied Europe. The world champion and a man who attained mastery of chess during a harrowing ordeal are locked in a battle that becomes far more... Read Full Overview

Stefan Zweig: Schachnovelle Auf einem Passagierdampfer, auf der Passage von New York nach Buenos Aires, kommt es zu einer au ergew hnlichen Konfrontation: Der amtierende Schachweltmeister Mirko Czentovic, ein derber, unsensibler Mensch, dessen Inselbegabung f r Schach alleine... Read Full Overview