{"product_id":"9780241305164","title":"Chess","description":"Author: Zweig, Stefan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241305164\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Sep 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStefan Zweig's classic novella of obsession, madness and chess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1941 a cruise ship is heading to Buenos Aires, and on board a group of eager passengers challenge the reigning world chess champion to a match. At first they lose pitifully, until a kind stranger aids by whispering instructions to them - he is a masterful chess player, and as they play, the game itself draws the stranger closer and closer to its secrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStefan Zweig's acclaimed novella \u003ci\u003eChess\u003c\/i\u003e is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of the cost of obsession, set in a Central Europe traumatized by the psychological influence of Nazism.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171398463646,"sku":"UBD-9780241305164","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241305164.jpg?v=1787220318","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241305164","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}