vacation reading part two
Another book I read on my vacation is Chess Story by Stefan Zweig which has been recently republished in a new edition by New York Review of Book Classics.
Chess Story is a novella by Zweig and the last thing he wrote before committing suicide with his wife in Brazil in 1940.
Zweig is the Austrian writer who wrote the incredible memoir "The World of Yesterday" which I recommend unabashedly.
"Chess game" is somewhat old fashioned but enjoyable nonetheless (and it's short which is a virtue these days).
It is the story of a chess prodigy aboard a ship and a match he plays against a man who is a chess genius of a different sort-- while in prison he memorized a book of great chess matches but went a little crazy playing the games against himself in his head.
There's an excellent introduction by Peter Gay that sets Zweig and Chess Story in context and that is really worth reading You can order it here.
Chess Story is a novella by Zweig and the last thing he wrote before committing suicide with his wife in Brazil in 1940.
Zweig is the Austrian writer who wrote the incredible memoir "The World of Yesterday" which I recommend unabashedly.
"Chess game" is somewhat old fashioned but enjoyable nonetheless (and it's short which is a virtue these days).
It is the story of a chess prodigy aboard a ship and a match he plays against a man who is a chess genius of a different sort-- while in prison he memorized a book of great chess matches but went a little crazy playing the games against himself in his head.
There's an excellent introduction by Peter Gay that sets Zweig and Chess Story in context and that is really worth reading You can order it here.
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