Chess Story

Chess Story , also known as The Royal Game , 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.

Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires fin...

Chess Story , also known as The Royal Game , 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.

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.

This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work's unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.

斯蒂芬·茨威格，奧地利著名小說家、傳記作家，在詩、短論、小說、戲劇和人物傳記寫作方面均有過人的造詣，尤以小說和人物傳記見長。代表作有小說《最初的經(jīng)歷》、《馬來狂人》、《恐懼》、《感覺的混亂》、《人的命運轉(zhuǎn)折點》、《一個陌生女人的來信》、《危險的憐憫》等；茨威格對心理學與弗洛伊德學說感興趣，作品擅長細致的性格刻畫，以及對奇特命運下個人遭遇和心靈的熱情的描摹。本書收錄了他的八篇中短篇小說，有《女人和大地》、《看不見的珍藏》、《一個女人一生中的二十四小時》、《感情的混亂》《象棋的故事》、等。