Chess: A Novel

Author: Stefan Zweig

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  • : $22.99 AUD
  • : 9780241630822
  • : Penguin Canada
  • : Penguin Canada
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  • : 01 September 2023
  • : 1.6 Centimeters X 11.6 Centimeters X 16.4 Centimeters
  • : 22.99
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  • : books

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  • : Stefan Zweig
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  • : Hardback
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Barcode 9780241630822
9780241630822

Description

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-SmithA 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.