A novel inspired by Little Women, set around MANCHESTER
Chess
Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
Genre(s): Novella
Era(s): Post WW2
A group of passengers on a cruise ship from New York to Buenos Aires challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd – a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig’s acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of genius.
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