{"product_id":"chess-by-stefan-zweig-9780241305164","title":"Chess","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStefan Zweig's classic novella of obsession, madness and chess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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. At first, they lose pitifully, until a kind stranger aids them by whispering instructions. He is a masterful chess player, and as they play, the game itself draws the stranger closer and closer to its secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChess\u003c\/em\u003e, by Stefan Zweig, is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of the cost of obsession, set in a Central Europe traumatised by the psychological influence of Nazism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249871048940,"sku":"9780241305164","price":17.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241305164.jpg?v=1741522215","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/chess-by-stefan-zweig-9780241305164","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}