Chess: A Novel

Chess: A Novel

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of the past.

Author: Stefan Zweig
Format: Hardback, 128 pages, 117mm x 168mm, 159 g
Published: 2023, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction

Vendor: Book Grocer
SKU: 9780241630822-RETAIL
Categories: All Best Sellers - Individual titles Classics of Literature Fiction Fiction in Translation New Arrivals - Range Non-Secondhand Books Only One Copy Recent Releases
Tags: April-2025 Classic fiction general and literary Fiction in translation Hardback New Arrivals NewSystem RR
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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of the past.