{"product_id":"chess-a-novel","title":"Chess: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of passengers on a cruise ship 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 \u003ci\u003eChess\u003c\/i\u003e is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 128 pages | Published May 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64957160259933,"sku":"9780241630822","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780241630822.jpg?v=1781199399","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/chess-a-novel","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}