false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg 59151 32 <i>Chess Story</i>, also known as <i>The Royal Game</i>, 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.<br><br>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.<br><br>This new translation of <i>Chess Story</i> brings out the work's unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection. 57593 1942 Chess Story (New York Review Books Classics) total:548|5:17|4:24|3:11|2:1|1:1| 548 2317 767 56 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 4 3 false Mon Sep 01 17:14:14 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 06:50:13 -0700 2008
But I will say there's a very interest...more...]]> 1486168 3804403859 9783804403857 3 1 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184106123m/1486168.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1486168.Schachnovelle_ 4 3 false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 13 18:02:21 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 22 04:45:00 -0800 2009 In this well-crafted short novella (at 64 pages, you'll read it in a couple of hours), Zweig explores the mental state of a man incarcerated by the Nazis and subjected to psychological torture. The acuity with which he does this makes his subsequent suicide (together with his wife, in 1942, ex...more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 4 1 false Fri Oct 09 16:53:15 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 02:03:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1016722 3596215226 9783596215225 118 6 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180264285m/1016722.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1016722.Schachnovelle 5 1 false Fri Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Dec 10 10:38:49 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 13 02:54:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 4 1 false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 10:52:41 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 22:25:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 4 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 10:16:57 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 10:54:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1486166 3596169747 9783596169740 3 2 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184106106m/1486166.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1486166.Schachnovelle_ 5 1 false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 13:03:40 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 03:34:44 -0800 2009 I'm sad it was that short, I was waiting for reading this for such a long time, and now I read it in less than two hours...]]> 1220445 0141023376 9780141023373 15 2 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181998287m/1220445.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1220445.Chess_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 23:16:02 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 09:58:31 -0800 2009 The Post Office Girl! I love the way he changes his style to fit the story; also, his ability to drum up odd twists, interesting characters, and compelling plots meshes with his proto-modernist style.

Anyway, I won't say too much abou...more...]]> 1016722 3596215226 9783596215225 118 6 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180264285m/1016722.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1016722.Schachnovelle 5 0 false Tue Feb 10 02:06:39 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 15:30:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 3 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 13:12:38 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 13:17:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 0 0 false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 10:44:42 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 21:21:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 4 0 false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 21:40:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 21:40:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 3 1 false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 29 23:18:21 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:33:00 -0700 2009 Zweig covers a good deal of what you would expect in a book about chess: the rise of the chess prodigy, the passion for play, the relation between blind play and real world, the curative yet maddening impact of chess, the distance between amateurs and ...more...]]> 119605 8495359456 9788495359452 7 3 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171791886m/119605.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/119605.Novela_De_Ajedrez_Chess_Novel 3 0 false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 04:25:51 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 09:03:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1486166 3596169747 9783596169740 3 2 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184106106m/1486166.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1486166.Schachnovelle_ 4 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 03:44:17 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 16:35:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 4 0 false Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 15:16:37 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 11:06:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 0 0 false Sun Dec 30 08:00:43 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 08:00:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 4 1 false Sat Sep 06 19:29:06 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 14:49:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1016722 3596215226 9783596215225 118 6 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180264285m/1016722.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1016722.Schachnovelle 4 1 false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 19:13:50 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 22:11:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59151 1590171691 9781590171691 315 41 4.23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170529961m/59151.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59151.Chess_Story 3 0 false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 18:25:49 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 11:14:52 -0700 2009

All my life I have been passionately interested in monomaniacs of any kind, people carried away by a single idea. The more one limits onesel...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=59151