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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of the past.
Acquisto del libro
Chess, Anthea Bell, Stefan Zweig
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2025
- Rilegatura
- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- Chess
- Sottotitolo
- A Novel
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Anthea Bell, Stefan Zweig
- Editore
- Penguin Classics
- Pubblicato
- 2025
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 96
- ISBN10
- 0241747295
- ISBN13
- 9780241747292
- Serie
- Tag
- Scacchi
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1942
- Titolo originale
- Schachnovelle
- Valutazione
- 4,3 su 5
- Descrizione
- Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of the past.