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Mercoledì 23 settembre 2009

variant of Luneburg
Paul Maurensig - Adelphi
www.adelphi.it

The book, a little less than one hundred and fifty pages, not only as leitmotif the game of chess, but all the peculiarities connected with it.
started as a good yellow presenting a corpse and disbelief of those around the victim.
The story is cleverly constructed between present, past, information and hints that the author has scattered throughout the book, philosophy of life and death, the psychology of the characters involved.
The reason for triggering the death Frisch's is to be found in a concentration camp at Bergen Belsen where a young teacher, a very promising young enough to be considered a master despite his young age, is confined to forced labor, the fasting and the daily struggle for survival , not to the young man takes refuge in the mad chess playing countless games figurandosele in mind. One day, the young teacher was asked to play a real one, is given a better location, decent meals: the apparent good fortune has paid a heavy price: the pledge for each game lost is the death of prisoners killed by a geometric progression ( first one then two and then four ...), the same progression of legend had cost the life of the inventor of chess.
The enormous psychological burden forces him to fight with all his strength until the camp is liberated by the Allies.
life resumes until one day one of gaming tables ...

A book that has enthralled all those present, a dry writing, an intriguing storyline, clues cleverly scattered throughout history. Each player was able to find enlightening phrases of this or that theory. Frisch's death was caused by another human being? It 'a murder, suicide, is guilty of chess?
chess enthusiasts have found old friends, the tragedy of the Holocaust has brought to light within your family, injuries never closed, questions that no one has yet responded.
The beauty of this novel has prompted some readers to read another text by the same author: "Canon reverse": the story of a violin bought at auction. Ricky Tognazzi has made into a film.

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