“But why wouldn’t such a rapid rise to fame send an empty head like that into a spin?” concluded*my friend, who had just related some classic examples of Czentovic’s childishly authoritative*manner. “Why wouldn’t a twenty - one - year - old country boy from the Banat start putting on*airs when pushing some pieces around on a wooden board is suddenly earning him more in a*week than his whole village back home makes in an entire year of woodcutting and the most*backbreaking drudgery? And, actually, isn’t it damn easy to think you’re a great man if you aren’t*troubled by the slightest notion that a Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante, or Napoleon ever existed?*This lad has just one piece of knowledge in his blinkered brain—that he hasn’t lost a single chess*game in months—and since he has no idea that there’s anything of value in the world other than*chess and money, he has every reason to be pleased with himself.”
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Kitap Adı: Chess-Mk World Classics - İngilizce Roman Yazar: Stefan Zweig Yayınevi: MK Publications Hamur Tipi: 2. Hamur Sayfa Sayısı: 72 Ebat: 10,5 x 18 İlk Baskı Yılı: 2020 Baskı Sayısı: 1. Basım Dil: İngilizce Barkod: 9786059533836