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The Royal Game (also known as Chess Story; in the original German Schachnovelle, "Chess Novella") is a novella by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig written in 1941, the year before the author's death by suicide.
Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942.
Jan 13, 2023 · Adapted from the novella by Stefan Zweig, “Chess Story” is a diabolically knotted psychological thriller. Tumbling into madness and exhilarated by his love of freedom, the central character...
Dec 9, 2005 · In Chess Story, a posthumously published novella by the great Stefan Zweig, the author explores nazism through the interactions between players on board a ship after discovering that one of the passengers is the world champion chess player.
- Stefan Zweig
Dec 31, 2021 · Chess story. by. Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942. Publication date. 2006. Publisher. New York : New York Review Books. Collection.
Dec 6, 2022 · In this episode, guest Leeore Schnairsohn joins Isaac Butler and Catherine Nichols to talk about Stefan Zweig’s 1943 novella Chess Story. They talk about the features of the story that seem to belong to the 19th century and to the 20th, and how it resonates with the work of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and the web comic “Garfield Minus Garfield.”.
Jan 19, 2023 · Review: ‘Chess Story’ makes masterful moves in taut update of a Stefan Zweig novel. Oliver Masucci in the movie “Chess Story.” (Film Movement) By Michael Rechtshaffen. Jan. 19, 2023 3:06 PM...
Schachnovelle, translated as The Royal Game and as Chess Story, was the inspiration for the 1960 Gerd Oswald film Brainwashed, as well as for two Czechoslovakian films—the 1980 Královská hra (The Royal Game) and Šach mat (Checkmate), made for television in 1964 —and for the 2021 Philipp Stölzl film Chess Story.
Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig’s final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942.
Dec 7, 2011 · Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig’s final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before...
