The Story of Chess: Invisible Treasure (German-Chinese Contrastive Translation)

Author: (Austrian) Stefan Zweig
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: "The Invisible Treasure," this short story directly and authentically reflects the hardships faced by the people of Austria after World War I due to the inflation caused by the global economic crisis. Zweig vividly describes how a blind old collector, with immense passion, introduces to an art connoisseur the pieces of art he has collected throughout his life with great enthusiasm. In reality, his family had already sold these artworks to survive during the period of inflation. In the old man's hands, there were only sheets of white paper. Readers are moved by the old man's unwavering pursuit of art while also deeply realizing the cruelty of reality and the actual suffering and indescribable sorrow of the old man's family.