Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological.
Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig's story.
This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work's unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.

本书是双雪涛的第一部中短篇小说集，书中收录了10篇作品，小说风格不一，题材有校园成长类，奇人故事类，侦探悬疑类，作者的笔调朴素，冷峻又有文字表面按捺不住的恣意，叙事从容冷静的背后蕴含着人物内心的不平静、简单事情的不平凡。
在近乎平静的风暴中，每个人都被命运所驱逐。
尤以《平原上的摩西》一篇受到读者的广泛好评。小说讲述由一起出租车司机被杀案揭开的陈年往事——艳粉街的少年成为刑警负责侦查12年前的旧案，嫌犯渐渐指向儿时邻居家的父女，刑警深陷其中，随着调查的深入，他本人很可能就是案件的参与者……
双雪涛的作品大开大阖兜兜转转转，而又回归平淡，这既是对世界的理解，也是内心的宽恕。