![]() York to Buenos Aires as the reigning chess world champion, Mirko Czentovic. Also on board is a group of chess enthusiasts and the world chess champion Mirko Czentovic. ![]() ![]() ![]() B, who is obsessed with the game of chess and recovering from a nervous breakdown, is on an ocean liner traveling from New York to Buenos Aires. The tale is presented here in a brand-new translation, along with three of the master storyteller’s most acclaimed novellas: ‘Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman’, ‘The Invisible Collection’ and ‘Incident on Lake Geneva’. Stefan Zweigs Schachnovelle, the last work of fiction he completed in his. by Stefan Zweig Set during World War II, an Austrian man known as Dr. Stefan Zweig’s last and most famous story, ‘A Game of Chess’ was written in exile in Brazil and explores its author’s anxieties about the situation in Europe following the rise of the Nazi regime. confides in a compatriot travelling on the same ship and decides to reveal the harrowing secret behind his formidable chess knowledge, a chilling tale of imprisonment and psychological torment unfolds. Czentovic easily defeats him, but during the rematch a mysterious Austrian, Dr B., intervenes and, to the surprise of everyone, helps the underdog obtain a draw. When it is discovered that the reigning world chess champion, Mirko Czentovic, is on board a cruiser heading for Buenos Aires, a fellow passenger challenges him to a game. ![]()
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