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Chess Story

Stefan Zweig

Chess Story

Paper book: €14.99

Digital: €3.99

Original publication
1942
Pages
167
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Psychology, History
Moods
Get the chills, Think it through, Be moved to tears
Translated from
German

Book summary

The world chess champion is travelling on a liner from New York to Buenos Aires. He is a cold, almost illiterate man, unbeatable at the chessboard. A few passengers challenge him and lose, until a stranger, Dr B., joins the game and puts him in difficulty.

This short story, Stefan Zweig's last, keeps you in suspense right to the end and slowly reveals the stranger's secret.

You can read it in one sitting in the language you are learning.

The plot

几乎不识字的世界冠军。在一个偏僻的村子里,一位神父抚养着米尔科,一个脑子转得很慢的男孩。十四岁时,米尔科还要掰着手指算数,读书也很吃力。

The world of the book

维也纳,1938年:酒店变成监狱。1938年3月,希特勒的德国控制了奥地利。在维也纳,纳粹秘密警察盖世太保进驻一家大酒店——大都会酒店。在小说中,他们把B博士关在这里。他是一名律师,曾为大修道院和昔日的皇室管理钱财。他独自住在一个房间里,没有书,没有纸,也没有表。

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