The Game of Chess and Other Stories

Author(s): Stefan Zweig

Classics

Stefan Zweig's last and most famous story, 'The Game of Chess' was written in exile in Brazil and explores its author's anxieties about the situation in Europe following the rise of the Nazi regime. The tale is presented here in a brand-new translation, along with three of the master storyteller's most acclaimed novellas.


Product Information

One of the most prominent European writers of the 1920s and 1930s, Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) left his native Austria in 1934 following the rise of Nazism, committing suicide in exile in Brazil.

General Fields

  • : 9781847495815
  • : Alma Classics
  • : Alma Classics
  • : 0.23
  • : February 2016
  • : 198mm X 128mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : March 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Stefan Zweig
  • : Paperback
  • : en
  • : 833.912
  • : 300