Novela de Ajedrez / Chess Story

Terminada en el exilio brasile o y enviada a su editor pocos d as antes de su suicidio en 1942, Novela de ajedrez es la nica obra en la que Stefan Zweig aborda el tema del nazismo. Con su habitual hondura narrativa, nos sit a en un transatl ntico donde viaja el campe n mundial de ajedrez, un hombre tosco y antip tico, que derrota sin piedad a todos los pasajeros que se sientan a jugar con l. Sin embargo, un misterioso exprisionero de los nazis consigue salir victorioso. La historia va revelando c mo este hombre lleg a poseer su extraordinario dominio del juego, y entretanto indaga en los contactos entre el humanismo y lo inhumano.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A fabulous novella about chess where the limits of analytical intelligence touch on totalitarianism.

"Perhaps the best story about chess ever written, perhaps the best about the game itself." -The Economist

Completed in Brazilian exile and sent to his publisher a few days before his suicide in 1942, Chess Story is the only work in which Stefan Zweig addresses the theme of Nazism. With his usual narrative depth, he places us on a transatlantic ship where the world chess champion, a coarse and unpleasant man, mercilessly defeats all the passengers who sit down to play with him. However, a mysterious former Nazi prisoner manages to emerge victorious. The story reveals how this man came to possess his extraordinary mastery of the game, while exploring the connections between humanism and the inhuman.