Chess Story Witi Ihimaera led to the book being

led to the book being refused by publisher after publisher

"—Esquire

He’s going to get out soon

The tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision with repercussions that will echo down the decades

religious rebellion and the essential search for voice and meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to fully come into themselves

Chess Story Witi Ihimaera led to the book beingChess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and