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May 2023 - epub format revised and verified by zardox (no changes to book content). Genre: Literature ebook, 59 pages Paperback, 104 pages Published: 1941 Edition: Williams Verlag and Atrium Press (1976) Translated from the German by: Joel Rotenberg (2006) Introduction by: Peter Gay (2006) A Novella. 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. Review "[Zweig is a] writer wh

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Author

Stefan Zweig; translation by Joel Rotenberg

Publisher

New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The

Published

1941

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590175606

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.28 / 5 (17,661 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14