Stefan Zweig: which book should you start with?

The most accessible of the author's books in our catalogue.

Stefan ZweigChess StoryOn a liner sailing from New York to Buenos Aires travels Mirko Czentovic, the world chess champion, a boatman's son who knows almost nothing beyond the board. The narrator persuades a few passengers to buy a game from him, which the champion wins easily. A stranger, Dr B.,…Read bilingually →

• Amok
• Letter from an Unknown Woman
• The World of Yesterday (Volume 2)
• The World of Yesterday (Volume 1)
• Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
• Fear