Chess - Stefan Zweig Izumi Suzuki When the boy's uncle

When the boy's uncle

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Chess - Stefan Zweig Izumi Suzuki When the boy's uncleChess by Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell ISBN 9780241630822 116 page hardback from Penguin *** 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.