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  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241630822
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $22.99

Chess

A Novel




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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.

  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241630822
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $22.99

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Praise for Chess

A brilliant writer

New York Times