Stefan Zweig’s posthumously published Chess Story is the tale of a legendary chess match played on an ocean liner leaving Nazi-occupied Europe. The world champion and a man who attained mastery of chess during a harrowing ordeal are locked in a battle that becomes far more than merely a game. Gripping and visceral, this unforgettable novella powerfully renders a psychological condition nearly impossible to convey in words. Ulrich Baer’s lively new translation beautifully captures Zweig’s nuanced mix of introspection and suspense.
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Contents
CHESS STORY
In This Dark Hour
My Last Conversations with Stefan Zweig by Ernst Feder
Biographical Timeline
About the author
Ulrich Baer is a graduate of Harvard and Yale and has been awarded Guggenheim, Getty, and Humboldt fellowships. He is University Professor at New York University and has translated works by Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Buber, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Sigmund Freud.
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