The Royal Game

by Stefan Zweig

Overview

"The Royal Game" crackles with suspense

it is the story of a man who outwits the Gestapo and finds the courage to go on living. Whilst in prison, he finds sanctuary in "imaginary" chess, but later on engages in a confrontation with the chess prodigy of the day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783962172770
Publisher:	Re-Image Publishing
Publication date:	06/23/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	260
File size:	142 KB
Language:	German

About the Author

Stefan Zweig (1881—1942) spent his youth studying philosophy and the history of literature in Vienna and belonged to a pan-European cultural circle that included Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss. In 1934, under National Socialism, Zweig fled Austria for England, where he authored several novels, short stories, and biographies. In 1941 Zweig and his second wife traveled to Brazil, where they both committed suicide. NYRB Classics published his novels Chess Story and Beware of Pity.