LEADER 04101cam a2200697 i 4500001 248447 005 20240621200336.0 008 150102s2015 nyu b 000 1 eng 010 2014046628 019 908340750 020 9780374135706 |q(hardback) 020 0374135703 |q(hardback) 020 |z9780374713973 |q(e-book) 020 |z0374713979 029 1 AU@ |b000053978684 029 1 CHBIS |b010352036 029 1 CHVBK |b333824601 029 1 NZ1 |b15970608 035 (OCoLC)ocn889997071 035 (OCoLC)889997071 |z(OCoLC)908340750 035 248447 042 pcc 043 e-pl--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dIG# |dYDXCP |dBTCTA |dBDX |dOCLCF |dJAO |dIK2 |dCDX |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dOCL |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 PR6104.O554 |bD43 2015 100 1 Donoghue, John, |d1956- |eauthor. 245 14 The Death's Head chess club : |ba novel / |cJohn Donoghue. 250 First American edition. 264 1 New York : |bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, |c2015. 300 vi, 385 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references. 520 "A novel of the improbable friendship that arises between a Nazi officer and a Jewish chessplayer in Auschwitz SS Obersturmfuhrer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz from the Russian front wounded and fit only for administrative duty. His most pressing task is to improve camp morale and he establishes a chess club, and allows officers and enlisted men to gamble on the games. Soon Meissner learns that chess is also played among the prisoners, and there are rumors of an unbeatable Jew known as "the Watchmaker." Meissner's superiors begin to demand that he demonstrate German superiority by pitting this undefeated Jew against the best Nazi players. Meissner finds Emil Cle;ment, the Watchmaker, and a curious relationship arises between them. As more and more games are played, the stakes rise, and the two men find their fates deeply entwined. Twenty years later, the two meet again in Amsterdam--Meissner has become a bishop, and Emil is playing in an international chess tournament. Having lost his family in the horrors of the death camps, Emil wants nothing to do with the ex-Nazi officer despite their history, but Meissner is persistent. "What I hope," he tells Emil, "is that I can help you to understand that the power of forgiveness will bring healing." As both men search for a modicum of peace, they recall a gripping tale of survival and trust. A suspenseful meditation on understanding and guilt, John Donoghue's The Death's Head Chess Club is a bold debut and a rich portrait of a surprising friendship"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 610 20 Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |vFiction. 650 0 Nazis |vFiction. 650 0 Chess players |vFiction. 650 0 Nazi concentration camps |zPoland |vFiction. 650 0 Internment camps |zPoland |vFiction. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |vFiction. 650 7 FICTION |xLiterary. |2bisacsh 650 7 FICTION |xHistorical. |2bisacsh 610 27 Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00723014 611 07 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958866 650 7 Chess players. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00853811 650 7 Concentration camps. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00872933 650 7 Nazis. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01035219 651 7 Poland. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01206891 648 7 1939 - 1945 |2fast 655 7 Fiction. |2lcgft 856 42 |3Cover image |uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/706/9780374135706/image/lgcover.9780374135706.jpg 938 Brodart |bBROD |n110639685 938 Baker and Taylor |bBTCP |nBK0015599088 938 Coutts Information Services |bCOUT |n29756234 938 Ingram |bINGR |n9780374135706 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n12059205 994 C0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hPR6104.O554 |iD43 2015