"His writing reveals his sympathy for fellow human beings. concentration of talents." -Herbert Gorman, The New York Times Book Review "Zweig possesses a dogged psychological curiosity, a brutal frankness, a supreme impartiality. mediums his subtlety of style, his profound psychological knowledge and his inherent humaneness." -Barthold Fles, The New Republic by Stefan Zweig, Fabrizio Ambrogi (Translator) View More. Momenti decisivi dellumanità: Quattordici miniature storiche 526. Its the first edition in this mini book size 38 x 53 mm with 378 pages. by Stefan Zweig, Fabrizio Ambrogi (Translator) View More. This book is one of 200 (limited edition) which were published. "Always remains essentially the same, revealing in all. Miniature Book Chess Story by Stefan Zweig: Since October 2013 the Chess Story by Stefan Zweig is now available in an illustrated miniature book published by Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig. Niks Bookstore item-no.: 1-A141 Book is written in German (title in English: Chess Story). the case history here is no longer that of individuals it is the case history of Europe." -Stephen Spender, The New York Review of Books In 1941 a cruise ship is heading to Buenos Aires, and on board a group of eager passengers challenge the reigning world chess champion to a match. He has achieved the very considerable feat of inventing, in his description of the game of chess, a metaphor for the terribly grim game he is playing with his Nazi tormentors. Stefan Zweigs classic novella of obsession, madness and chess. " writer who understands perfectly the life he is describing, and who has great analytic gifts.
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