A Chess Story Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2001) Thousands of new references and

Thousands of new references and dozens of new topics have been added to this edition

Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal

In this stunningly rich book everything is connected

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in constant danger and trying to hold onto what little humanity they can

A Chess Story Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2001) Thousands of new references andAn epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of persecution and obsession. One of the most perfectly gripping novellas from a master of the form, Stefan Zweig. Chess world champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger