The Royal Game
A man who learned chess during isolation in a Nazi cell faces a world champion, struggling against psychotic decompensation. The novella explores the effects of sensory deprivation, isolation, dissociation and obsessive monomania.
A man who learned chess during isolation in a Nazi cell faces a world champion, struggling against psychotic decompensation. The novella explores the effects of sensory deprivation, isolation, dissociation and obsessive monomania.