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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

幾乎不識字的世界冠軍。在一個偏僻的村子裡,一位神父撫養著米爾科,一個腦筋轉得很慢的男孩。十四歲時,米爾科還得扳著手指算數,讀書也很吃力。

The world of the book

維也納,1938年:飯店變成監獄。1938年3月,希特勒的德國控制了奧地利。在維也納,納粹秘密警察蓋世太保進駐一家大飯店——大都會飯店。在小說中,他們把B博士關在這裡。他是一名律師,曾為大修道院和昔日的皇室管理錢財。他獨自住在一個房間裡,沒有書,沒有紙,也沒有錶。

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