by Stefan Zweig · Fischer · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596112203
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«Schachnovelle» is the short novel by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, published by Fischer in paperback (109 pages, in German).
Set during World War II, the novel pits a world chess champion against an Austrian aristocrat who discovers on the board a path of mental resistance during his confinement. The game becomes a duel between two opposing intellects and a parable about freedom, isolation, and madness under oppression.
Novel originally published in 1942. This German edition, from 1992, belongs to the Fischer Taschenbücher collection.
For readers of twentieth-century German literature, fans of Stefan Zweig, and those who appreciate short classics with historical and psychological depth.
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world.
