The royal game.
Amok. Letter from an unknown woman.
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Author
Contributions
- Huebsch, Benjamin W., tr. - Contributor
- Paul, Eden, 1865-1944, tr. - Contributor
- Paul, Cedar, tr. - Contributor
Publication
1944 - The Viking press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
46,750 words, Guess
Page Count
187 pages
Identifiers
- LibraryThing2866209
- Library of Congress Control Number44003264
- OCLC Control Number1241321
- Open LibraryOL6464942M
Classifications
- LCCPZ3.Z92 Ro
- LCCPT2653.W42 Ro
Alternate Titles
- Amok.
- Letter from an unknown woman.
Description
"A chess game on a translatlantic liner is the starting point for this heartstoppingly intense study of obsession On a Cruise ship bound for Buenos Aires, a tantalising encounter takes place between the reigning world chess champion and an unknown passenger. The stranger's diffident manner masks his extraordinary ability to challenge the Grand Master in a game of chess; it also conceals his dark and damaged past, the horror of which emerges as the game unfolds"-- viewed on Amazon.com 6/9/2016. Amok is a novella about extreeme obsession which leads eventually to suicide. In Letter from an unknown woman, a man returns from vacation to find a letter from one of the many women he has taken to bed. It turns out, unbeknownst to him, he had impregnated her. The child dies in the flu epidemic of 1918, followed shortly thereafter by his mother. The letter is the history of her relationship with the man, to be delivered upon her death.
Other Editions
- The royal game.: Amok. Letter from an unknown woman.
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