Paolo Maurensig's Theory of Shadows: A Novel is written in a genre that is relatively rare hese days, namely, a novel about chess. Theory of Shadows is the shortest long book I have ever read. Una figura un ambigua e misteriosa.



He was also a fundamentally mundane man in his foibles--drink, women, money troubles.

The central part of the novel instead focuses on Alekhine’s last days, his memories of his life, and aA novel within a novel about a writer trying to determine why world chess champion Alexander Alekhine died under mysterious circumstances in his hotel room in Estoril, Portugal, on March 24, 1946. I don’t know if it is the genre or the translation but I often found the story hard to follow and I was forced to read many parts over several times.

Theory of Shadows: A Novel - Kindle edition by Maurensig, Paolo, Appel, Anne Milano.

Written by Anne Milano Appel (trans.) Alekhine is generally regarded as one of the ten best chess players of all time.





Can he really be seen in photographs with high-ranking Nazi officials?



Really strong first half, and I was eager to keep reading.


Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Il romanzo narra del ritrovamento del cadavere, e a ritroso della vita, di Alexandre Alekhine, campione del mondo sovietico di scacchi, fuggito prima in Francia, dove durante la guerra era in odore di collaborazionismo con i nazisti, e poi seppellito in un albergo sulla costa portoghese.


I fatti raccontati non sono noiosi e durante il libro si sviscerano vari aspetti della personalità di Alekhine, ma la lettura non mi ha soddisfatta perché non era quello che mi aspettavo.

He does it through the various devices of dialogues with fellow travelers staying at the same hotel, internal monologues, and even dreams.



In realtà però, la morte di Alekhine è trattata solamente nell'ultimo capitolo, che è anche il più interessante.

Interesante.





Welcome back. Highly recommend this.Questo libro si è fatto divorare in un giorno, complice una pasquetta fredda e piovosa.



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Giostrato attorno al gioco degli scacchi e alla sua filosofia, il romanzo è orchestrato in modo eccelso, e per molti versi fa pensare a Simenon (almeno a me) per via della scrittura asciuIl romanzo narra del ritrovamento del cadavere, e a ritroso della vita, di Alexandre Alekhine, campione del mondo sovietico di scacchi, fuggito prima in Francia, dove durante la guerra era in odore di collaborazionismo con i nazisti, e poi seppellito in un albergo sulla costa portoghese. Nel resto del volume viene descritta la permanenza dello scacchista a Estoril e la sua vita viene narrata attraverso numerosi flashback. So all of that was pretty good history.



Paolo Maurensig's Theory of Shadows: A Novel is written in a genre that is relatively rare hese days, namely, a novel about chess. The doctor overseeing the autopsy certified that Alekhine died of asphyxiation due to a piece of meat stuck in his larynx and assured the world that there was absolutely no evidence of suicide or foul play.Some, of course, have commented that the photos of the corpse look suspiciously theatrical, as though staged. See all. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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