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Economist the novella is one of zweig s most horrifying investigations into monomania and at the same time a parable of the dangers inherent in engaging with nazism. In chess story, a group of men on an ocean liner bound for south. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 104 pages and is available in paperback format. Travelers by ship from new york to buenos aires find that on board with. The viennese writer stefan zweig, most famous for beware of pity, wrote the original schachnovelle or chess novel in 1942, the last work of fiction he completed in his brazilian exile. Dec 09, 2005 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. For someone who reads the book for the first time, it is a story between the blacks and whites of chess story board, where there are no grey shades.
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