An edition of Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden (1998)

Carl Haffner’s Love of the Draw

by Thomas Glavinic

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An edition of Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden (1998)

Carl Haffner’s Love of the Draw

Haffner is a shy and fragile man, brought up in extreme poverty, from which his only escape is his exceptional gift for chess. His is a game shaped by the harsh experiences he has undergone. He has an obsessive fear of defeat, and his tactics and overall strategy are based on the sheer artistry of defence. But this confrontation with Lasker is not merely a clash between rook and knight; it is a collision between two men with vastly differing attitudes to life: the wealthy, worldly, self-confident champion on the one hand, the lonely, idealistic and penniless Haffner on the other.

Carl Haffner is modelled on the Austrian grandmaster Karl Schlechter, and in his brilliant first novel Thomas Glavinic brings to life both the events surrounding the ten-match world championship and the atmosphere of the cafés and chess clubs of Vienna and Berlin in the years before the First World War. With mature insight, he analyses the reasons for Haffner's view of the world, a world that is thrown into further confusion by the appearance of the fascinating and beautiful Anna.

Publish Date

1999

Publisher

Harvill Press

Language

English

Pages

184

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01 Carl Haffner’s Love of the Draw 13 Oct. 2014, Harvill Press Hardcover in English 1846559316 9781846559310	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
02 Láska Carla Haffnera k remízám 2013, Paseka Paperback in Czech - 1. české vydání 8074322807 9788074322808	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
03 Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden 2011, dtv Ebook in German 3423411066 9783423411066	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
04 Ljubav prema remiju Carla Haffnera 2009, Edicije Božićević Paperback in Croatian 9536751410 9789536751419	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
05 La sfida di Carl Haffner 2008, Beit Casa Paperback in Italian 8895324056 9788895324050	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
06 Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden 2006, dtv Paperback in German - Überarbeitete Neuausgabe, 2. Auflage 3423134259 9783423134255	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
07 ドローへの愛 June 24, 2003, 河出書房新社 Paperback in Japanese 4309203795 9784309203799	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
08 Partie remise March 1, 2001, Pauvert Paperback in French 2720213993 9782720213991	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
09 Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden 2000, Goldmann Paperback in German - Genehmigte Taschenbuchausg., 1. Aufl. 3442725933 9783442725939	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
10 Carl Haffners liefde voor remise 27 oktober 2000, Atlas Paperback in Dutch 9045002949 9789045002941	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
11 Carl Haffner’s Love of the Draw 1999, Harvill Press Paperback in English 1860466761 9781860466762	aaaa Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
12 Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschiedenen: Roman 1998, Volk und Welt Hardcover in German - 2. Aufl. 3353011110 9783353011114	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Edition Notes

Published in: London, UK
Translation Of: Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden
Translated From: German

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class: 833.914

Contributors

Translator: John Brownjohn

The Physical Object

Format: Paperback
Pagination: 181p.
Number of pages: 184
Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
Weight: 9.1 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL8626235M
ISBN 10: 1860466761
ISBN 13: 9781860466762
OCLC/WorldCat: 41925149
Library Thing: 1749206
Deutsche National Bibliothek: 963832530
British National Bibliography: GB99W7854
Hathi Trust: 006906381
Goodreads: 1556663

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Work Description

Wien 1910, eine Partie Schach nimmt eine unvorhergesehene Wendung: ein kunstvolles gesellschaftliches Gemälde.

Im Winter des Jahres 1910 steht die Schachwelt Kopf: Der in Wien ausgetragene Kampf um die Weltmeisterschaft nimmt in der fünften Partie eine unvorhergesehene Wendung. Der als unschlagbar geltende Titelverteidiger Emanuel Lasker, berühmt auch als Dichter und Philosoph, ist durch einen Fehler, den sonst nur Anfänger machen, in Rückstand geraten.

Im Schlaglicht des Interesses steht nun plötzlich der Herausforderer Carl Haffner. Der bis dahin kaum bekannte Österreicher ist ein Defensivkünstler, ein Meister des Remis. Jetzt bietet sich ihm die Gelegenheit, Lasker die Krone zu entreißen – die zehnte und letzte Partie muss die Entscheidung bringen.

Erzählerisch wird diese Auseinandersetzung nicht auf den vierundsechzig Feldern des Schachbretts zelebriert, sondern, psychologisch glänzend gelöst, im Aufeinanderprallen der zwei so unterschiedlichen Charaktere. Dieser hoch gelobte Debüt-Roman von Thomas Glavinic ist ein kunstvolles, psychologisches, soziales und gesellschaftliches Gemälde aus dem Wien der k.u.k. Monarchie.

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Carl Haffner’s Love of the Draw

by Thomas Glavinic