![]() ![]() Stefan Zweig Translated From The German By Joel Rotenberg Introduction By Peter Gay. From this angle, Chess Story is a chilling psychological study of an imprisoned, desperate man with few moves left. How The Lawyer Acquired His Skill And At What Terrible Cost Are The Substance Of A Story, In Which, At The Same Time, Quietly But Unmistakably, The Death Knell Of The Enlightenment Is Sounded.-jacket. ![]() On A Great Ocean Liner, The World Champion Of Chess Confronts A Lawyer With A Surprising Talent For The Game In A Tense Contest Of Wit And Will. This Novella Is A Final Effort To Take The Human Measure Of The Inhuman. The story is narrated by an Austrian (about whom we learn very little) who has just embarked on a cruise liner from the USA heading to Argentina. Chess Story, Sometimes Known As The Royal Game, Was The Last Thing He Wrote Before He And His Wife Committed Suicide. Chess (or Chess Story) is a masterpiece of short fiction, packing more into its slim pages than many novels. ![]() Forster, Was Liberal And Humanist To The Core, Gambling On Human Goodness Against The Specters Of Oppression And Despair. And Yet Zweig Also Hoped To Illumine Those Dark Places Of The Heart And Mind, To Show That It Is Not, Finally, Impossible To Attain A True Perspective On Our Limitations, Even To Care For Each Other. ![]() Zweig's Major Subject Was Human Limitation, Above All The Ways In Which The Best Of Intentions Can Lead People Into The Murkiest Of Emotional And Moral Cul-de-sacs. The Art Of The Great Austian Writer Stefan Zweig Was A Difficult Balancing Act. ![]()
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