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Stefan zweig was one of the most popular and widely translated writers of the early twentieth century. Books by zweig, stefan sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Chess story begins with the narrator, an austrian, boarding the ship that travels from new york to buenos aires. An epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of persecution and obsession. Im not well informed about zweigs life or work, but its time i. Never mind that you may have never moved a pawn to king four. B and zweig play the game of chess under the constant checkmate of despondency.
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